Question

-Give 2 reasons for the system of convict leasing
-Give 1 definition of convict leasing

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

• If convicted of vagrancy, blacks could be imprisoned, and they also received sentences for a variety of petty offenses.

States began to lease convict labor to the plantations and other facilities seeking labor, as the freedmen were trying to withdraw and work for themselves.

• A system where prisoners were leased by the state and forced to work on plantations and other businesses.

Answer 2

Convict leasing was a system of labor practiced in the South. Convict leasing provided prisoner labor to private parties. The convict leasing system was essentially a replacement for slavery (which was abolished previously in the 13th amendment) and was used as a punishment for crime.