The two systems of labor are not unlike their products. The rude, uncultivated animal labor of the South, worked like a machine, without a will of its own, sows, tills, harvests, and packs in huge ...

In some companies, free and convict laborers worked side-by-side. Convict labor was always reliable, and that made it attractive to employers. As the competition for convict laborers increased ...

The leader of a Berks County nonprofit organization that claimed to help men with substance abuse issues, but instead allegedly used them for free construction labor, will see his case head to ...