Letter from Georgia Prison Commissioner, 1931

Letter from Georgia Prison Commissioner, 1931

Chain-gangs, New Slavery, Muckraking, John L. Spivak, Southern prisons, 1930s, investigative journalism

Signed letter to all prison wardens explaining Spivak's visit and investigation.

Vivian Stanely of The Prison Commission of Georgia

John L. Spivak Collection at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin

unpublished

October 20th, 1931

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1930s, American South, Georgia