JIM CROW KILLED: June 30, 1928 Alabama outlawed the "leasing" of convicts to mine coal, a custom that had been in place since 1848. In 1898, 73% of the state’s total revenue came from this source; 25% of all African-American convicts who were "leased", died doing the work.JIM CROW KILLED: June 30, 1928 Alabama outlawed the "leasing" of convicts to mine coal, a custom that had been in place since 1848. In 1898, 73% of the state’s total revenue came from this source; 25% of all African-American convicts who were "leased", died doing the work.
JIM CROW KILLED: June 30, 1928 Alabama outlawed the "leasing" of convicts to mine coal, a custom that had been in place since 1848. In 1898, 73% of the state’s total revenue came from this source; 25% of all African-American convicts who were "leased", died doing the work.