Parchman Farm: Mississippi's State Penitentiary in the 1930s by Kate Stewart, Bryan King

Parchman Farm: Mississippi's State Penitentiary in the 1930s

Kate Stewart, Bryan King

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In 1900, the Mississippi legislature appropriated funds to purchase approximately 4,000 acres of farmland in Sunflower County, the heart of the Delta. The state's aim was to establish the Mississippi State Penitentiary, commonly known as Parchman ...

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