“In Louisiana, black women were put in cells with male prisoners and some became pregnant. In 1848, legislators passed a new law declaring that all children born in the penitentiary of African American parents serving life sentences would be property of the state. The women would
@ClaudetteGGibs1 My first reaction of incalculable rage, is the line "...became pregnant." THEY WERE RAPED😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 That's HOW they "became pregnant" 😡😡😡
@k_fernholz @ClaudetteGGibs1 This was slavery…what did you think slavery meant?
@Thegillman69 @ClaudetteGGibs1 What part of "prisoners" automatically translates to "slaves"?? Not every black person in the US was a slave, in 1848. Most slave owners punished their slaves themselves. Slaves didn't often end up in prison.