![]() | Liberty''s Prisoners: Carceral Culture in Early America Liberty's Prisoners chronicles how the penitentiary, though initially designed as an alternative to corporal punishment for the most egregious of offenders, quickly became a holding tank for those who attempted to lay claim to the new nation's promise of liberty. Jen Manion is Associate Professor of History at Amherst College. |
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