They were not technically incarcerated (according to the law). They willingly (read: forcably) signed a contract to “work” despite most black folks at the time being unable to read due to laws not allowing anyone to teach them to read. This was before chain gangs existed.
Not so fun fact this was popularized by white sherrifs on freed slaves after the emancipation proclamation because the “free” black people couldn’t pay a fine of walking parallel to railroads, selling goods, QUITING A JOB, or whatever other stupid bullshit was pulled. So they were leased out by the state like tools and were often worked harder than when they were slaves because there was no incentive to keep them healthy as the state was charging less than a tenth of what they were “worth” as slaves. Anyway the process of settling continued and is mostly a way to reduce sentencing and cost. I hate this country 🙃
I left during the blackout. I use reddit occasionally for specific questions I can’t find anywhere else. It’s a shit hole, but an old and useful shit hole.
Why do you care? It’s not your life, don’t worry about it. Worry about yourself. There’s a reason domestic violence increases when the UK loses a futbol match and it’s not the “soft boys” you’re complaining about.
One Plus 9 5g. I fucking hate this phone. I was in love with the One Plus 6t. Amazing flagship killer but the 9 is full of bugs and memory leakage that have only gotten worse since the update to Android Oxygen.
If I had to guess it’s a speaker of some kind.
Naw, these are extremely frustrating. They make navigating websites super difficult for anyone using a screen reader. Websites are supposed to have a certain level of accessibility by law that 97% of them don’t follow.