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Railroad Commission of LouisianaBiblio.com

Sixteenth Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Louisiana January 1 1915: Covering the Period Ending December 31 1914 Classic Reprint

Parish Prison Louisiana ArchiveBiblio.com

African American Incarceration and Prison Reform in New Orleans Parish Prison Press Photograph Archive 1973-1976

1973209341973. Archive of four press photographs produced between 1973 and 1976 documenting inmate life prison reform efforts and conditions within Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans Louisiana a carceral institution whose origins extended back to the antebellum era and the policing of enslaved African Americans. The material documents systems of incarceration and institutional control through visual and textual evidence revealing recreational programs women's detention facilities inmate education initiatives and efforts to address violence within one of the nation's most criticized prison systems. Built in 1837 the prison historically functioned both as a municipal jail and as a site of punishment for enslaved people where imprisoned Black individuals could be subjected to whipping solitary confinement and deprivation. By the twentieth century the institution had become nationally associated with overcrowding violence and inmate abuse generating lawsuits and public scrutiny over prison conditions. These photographs provide primary-source evidence for the study of incarceration race prison reform and the lived experience of prisoners in the American South during the post-Civil Rights era. Archive consists of four black-and-white silver gelatin press photographs each approximately 8 x 10 inches many retaining original press captions or pasted articles on the verso or printed margins. One 1973 photograph depicts two Black inmates playing pool inside a sparse recreation area containing a single billiards table surrounded by concrete walls and rows of metal lockers illustrating the limited recreational infrastructure available to prisoners. A 1974 image captures two inmates identified as Perry Nelson and DeLyons boxing within an outdoor prison ring while correctional officers and inmates observe nearby; the accompanying article discusses prison efforts to channel inmate violence into organized athletic programming intended to improve morale and reduce assaults. A 1975 photograph shows a barefoot female inmate awaiting trial inside a dimly lit cell decorated with greeting cards small personal items and a cross placed on a shelf overhead while the accompanying article references public criticism and reforms intended to improve conditions for incarcerated women. Another photograph from the women's division dated circa 1976 documents female inmates and prison workers gathered in a classroom environment associated with "CONCEPT" a volunteer-led educational initiative established in 1973 offering counseling Black history courses creative writing sewing drawing music programs and lectures on topics including women's liberation and drug abuse. The archive reflects broader national debates surrounding incarceration and prison reform during the 1970s when increasing public attention focused on prison violence racial inequality within the criminal justice system and rehabilitation initiatives following the Attica uprising and other prison protests. Orleans Parish Prison became emblematic of deteriorating urban jail systems in the United States particularly regarding the treatment of poor and predominantly African American inmates. These photographs preserve both the punitive realities of the institution and the emergence of educational and rehabilitative efforts within the prison environment. Minor edge wear and occasional editor's markings. Very good condition overall. Historically significant visual record of incarceration race and reform efforts within one of the most notorious prison systems in the American South. unknown

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Morse, Isaac E (1809-1866), Louisiana Congressman and Attorney GeneralBiblio.com

SPEECH OF THE HONORABLE ISAAC E. MORSE OF LOUISIANA in Defence of THE MEXICAN WAR. Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States December 22 1846.

184697590Washington: Ritchie and Heiss printers 1846. 1846. Good. - Octavo 9 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcover printed self-wraps. There is offsetting as well as scattered foxing to the front and rear cover pages with minor chipping to the front edge of the front cover page. 16 pages illustrated with a lithographic portrait of Isaac Morse by John Henry Bufford. There is a chip out from the top corner of the frontispiece. Ex-library de-acquisitioned from The New York Public Library's "Myers Collection" with a stamp on the verso of the front wrapper. The edges of the pages are lightly darkened with occasional minor foxing. Good. First edition.The MexicanAmerican War Apr 25 1846 Feb 2 1848 known in Mexico as the Intervención estadounidense en México was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico that followed the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas which Mexico considered Mexican territory. Morse expounds in favor of the war: "If this war was what you say it is and waged wantonly sinfully by the President from mere personal vanity or a petty ambition for the sake of letting the world know who James K. Polk was - if for an end like this all the seas of blood and millions and millions of its treasure lavished all in violation of the constitution - if you make good this charge then has the President of the United States been guilty not of moral merely but of actual treason and that of the deepest dye; not through ignorance but with malice aforethought. If all this be true then has he damned himself indeed to a depth of infamy where the hand of resurrection can never reach him. If you can persuade the widow and orphans of the murdered Cross the gallant Watson the chivalric Ridgely and all the friends and relatives of the noble Ringgold and the other gallant spirits whose lives have been given as a bloody sacrifice to their country's honor that all this was done to glorify this administration and prove who James K. Polk was then sir is your Chief Magistrate guilty of 'conduct so basely mean in a public character that it is without precedent or pretence; an incendiary war upon society that nothing can excuse or palliate emanating from a refinement of beggarly villany made up between the venomous malignity of a serpent and the spiteful imbecility of an inferior reptile.'"Isaac Edward Morse 1809-1866 was a Democratic politician from Louisiana who served in the House of Representatives from 1844-1851. He served as Louisiana's Attorney General from 1854-1856. President Franklin Pierce appointed him in 1856 to be a special commissioner to New Granada to negotiate safe passage of Americans across the Isthmus of Panama.John Henry Bufford 1810-1870 was a Boston lithographer who often created his portraits after daguerreotypes. Among the artists he employed was Winslow Homer. Washington: Ritchie and Heiss, printers, 1846. paperback

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. · États-Unis150,00 $US≈ 126,92 €

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