Convicts leased to harvest timber circa 1915, in Florida NKROO-muh STOO-erd Photography February 19, 2020
Southern jails made money leasing convicts for forced labor in the Jim Crow South NKROO-muh STOO-erd Photography June 14, 2020
African American children, Hampton, Virginia. Ca. 1899. NKROO-muh STOO-erd Photography February 9, 2020
Jefferson Franklin Long (1836 – 1901) In Photography by NKROO-muh STOO-erdFebruary 8, 2020 Jefferson Franklin Long (1836 – 1901), born a slave who educated himself and became a tailor in Macon, Georgia. Served in House of Representatives during as a replacement for only two months in 1871.
