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After incarceration, the next step was felony disenfranchisement. In South Carolina, a newspaper said that whites needed to avoid being swept away at the polls by the Black vote. In Alabama, manipulating the ballot was justified to avoid the "menace of Negro domination." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 7, 2019 Hibernated

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Those convicted under Black Code laws could be leased out to do work, providing huge incentives to criminalize and incarcerate Black people. From 1850 to 1870, the percentage of non-white prisoners in Alabama went from 2% to 74%. At least 90% of prison laborers were Black. — PolitiTweet.org

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Today, one out of every 13 Black adults is disenfranchised. In some states, it's one out of five. In total, 2.2 million Black citizens are banned from voting. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 7, 2019 Hibernated