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Capital is never satisfied paying ANYONE - blue collar labor only begins building when slavery is no longer an option (union.place)

submitted 2 months ago by cyu to c/unions

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The US still used slavery as a source of labor up until about the mid 20th century. Southern states would do "prisoner leasing", where prisoners were basically given to farmers and plantation owners to do labor for free. It started right after the end of the Civil War. Many black boys and men were arrested on trumped up charges and "leased" back to the same plantation owners they were freed from.

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