Convict Leasing After Slavery
Slavery ended in 1865. But many Black Southerners remained unfree laborers under the convict leasing system.
Slavery ended in 1865. But many Black Southerners remained unfree laborers under the convict leasing system.
Galvanized by new electoral laws after the Civil War, thousands of Black men ran for public office both locally and nationally.
Josiah T. Walls was one of them.
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