Road Building with Convict Labor in the Southern States

J. A. Holmes

No 342995, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Employment of Convict for Benefit of Community Injured --- Southern States Employing Convict Labor on Roads --- Classes of Convicts Employed on the Public Roads --- The North Carolina Law Governing the Employment of Prisoners on Roads --- Management of the Convict Road Force --- Efficiency and Cost of Convict Road Labor --- Influence of Road Work on the Character of the Convict --- Examples of Road Building by Convict Labor.

Keywords: Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 1902
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.342995

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