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Why don't you read the article
Posted on: August 31, 2016 at 12:10:01 CT
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The majority of Southern inmates during the antebellum period were foreign-born whites
upper South, free blacks made up a significant (and disproportionate) one-third of state prison populations
During the period between independence and the Civil War, Southern inmates were disproportionately ethnic. Foreign-born persons made up less than 3 percent of the South's free population.[190] In fact, only one-eighth of all immigrants to the United States during the antebellum period settled in the South. Yet foreign immigrants represented anywhere from 8 to 37 percent of the prison population of the Southern states during this period.
Already in the 1850s and 1860s, prisons (along with asylums for the mentally ill) were becoming the special preserve of the foreign-born and the poor. This trend accelerated as the nineteenth century drew to a close.
upper South, free blacks made up a significant (and disproportionate) one-third of state prison populations
During the period between independence and the Civil War, Southern inmates were disproportionately ethnic. Foreign-born persons made up less than 3 percent of the South's free population.[190] In fact, only one-eighth of all immigrants to the United States during the antebellum period settled in the South. Yet foreign immigrants represented anywhere from 8 to 37 percent of the prison population of the Southern states during this period.
Already in the 1850s and 1860s, prisons (along with asylums for the mentally ill) were becoming the special preserve of the foreign-born and the poor. This trend accelerated as the nineteenth century drew to a close.
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Why don't you read the article - Webbster MU - 8/31 12:10:01