A New South Rebellion: The Battle Against Convict Labor in the Tennessee Coalfields 1871-1896

by Shapiro, Karin A.

• ISBN13: 9780807824238
• ISBN10: 0807824232
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

In 1891, Tennessee miners rose up against the use of convict labor by the state's coal companies. Karen Shapiro uses the convict wars to analyze the place of convict labor in southern economic development, bringing to life the hopes that rural southerners invested in industrialization and the political tensions that could result when their aspirations were not met.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
1 The Convict Wars and the New South	1	(14)
2 Schemes and Dreams in the Coalfields	15	(32)
3 Measures of Southern Justice	47	(32)
4 Kindling Insurrection	79	(34)
5 An Uneasy Armistice	113	(26)
6 Dilemmas of Militance	139	(34)
7 The Spread of Rebellion	173	(26)
8 Aftermath	199	(36)
9 The Boundaries of Dissent	235	(15)
Appendix 1. Genealogy of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company	250	(2)
Appendix 2. Race of Male Tennessee Convicts, 1865-1892	252	(1)
Appendix 3. Crimes of Tennessee Convicts, 1866-1892	253	(1)
Appendix 4. Numbers of Prisoners Leaving Tennessee Penitentiary, 1863-1892, by Means of Exit	254	(1)
Appendix 5. "Lone Rock Song"	255	(1)
Appendix 6. "Coal Creek Troubles"	256	(3)
Notes	259	(42)
Bibliography	301	(20)
Index	321