"Juvenile Convicts at Work in the Fields" (1903) | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Approximately thirty-five Black boys and young men standing in a field, wearing striped prison jumpsuits and caps, with shackles linked to belts around their waists, and holding hoes.

Source: A photograph labeled “Juvenile convicts at work in the fields” by an unidentified photographer, published by the Detroit Publishing Co., 1903 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection)

“Juvenile Convicts at Work in the Fields” (1903)

AP African American Studies Guide

“Juvenile Convicts at Work in the Fields” by an unidentified photographer (1903)

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