After the Civil War, prisons in the South overflowed. Southern states enacted the "convict lease system" which turned prisoners from liabilities into assets by leasing them to work in mines, plantations, and railroads. T

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Date: 2014-05-15 13:59:54 Fraterville Mine disaster Cross Mountain Mine disaster Coal Creek War Briceville Tennessee Coal Creek Coal mining Fraterville Tennessee Anderson County Tennessee Tennessee Geography of the United States		After the Civil War, prisons in the South overflowed. Southern states enacted the "convict lease system" which turned prisoners from liabilities into assets by leasing them to work in mines, plantations, and railroads. T Add to Reading List Source URL: www.yallcome.org Download Document from Source Website File Size: 818,50 KB Share Document on Facebook

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