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Robert King: An Inspiring Story of Human Survival

Posted on December 15, 2008 by RagBlog

Robert H. King, who spent 29 years in solitary confinement at Louisiana’s notorious Angola State Prison, talks with supporters Sunday night, December 14, 2008, at a book signing party for his moving autobiography, “From the Bottom of the Heap” (PMPress, … Continue reading →

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Angola : Slavery Haunts America’s Plantation Prisons

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Prisoners picking cotton at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. Photo by William Albert Allard / National Geographic.‘It’s not even really a metaphor for slavery. Slavery is what’s going on’By Maya Schenwar / August 28, 2008 On an expanse of 18,000 … Continue reading →

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