Unnamed Convict Laborers

Submitted by jburgers@gc.cuny.edu on Mon, 2016-07-25 15:54
Text: 
The Hamlet
Character Key: 
Unnamed Convict Laborers
Display Name: 
Unnamed Convict Laborers
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Unnamed Convict Laborers
Race: 
Multiracial Group
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
MultiClass Group
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Criminal
First Mentioned: 
Convict Camp in The Hamlet (Location)
Biography: 

These are the prisoners in The Hamlet who had been sentenced to "south Mississippi convict camp" (244) in The Hamlet. They are hired "from the State for the price of their board and keep" (262). As convicts, they are forced to work without pay. (Convict labor was once a common part of the penal system in the South.)

Individual or Group: 
Group
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