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Convict Leasing: How Forced Prison Labour Replaced Slavery in America
After slavery ended, forced labour did not. Convict leasing allowed Southern states to rent incarcerated people to private companies, recreating slavery through law, prisons, and profit.
The MOVE Bombing of 1985: The Day Philadelphia Dropped a Bomb on Itself
On 13th, May, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a residential street. Eleven people died, sixty one homes burned, and a city changed forever. This is the full story of the MOVE bombing.
The Women Who Kept America Drinking During Prohibition
During Prohibition, most bootleggers were women. Mothers, homesteaders and entrepreneurs brewed, smuggled and sold alcohol across America. From Birdie Brown’s Montana parlour to Cleo Lythgoe’s global operation, this is the forgotten backbone of the liquor trade.
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