A Different Kind of Unfree Labor Haunts a Houston Suburb

by Ashanté Reese

Texas's convict labor system was a first step in reasserting white dominance over Black labor through criminal law. The discovery of remains of convicted laborers on the site of a former prison farm show the need to reckon with unfree labor after the end of slavery. 

Japan wanted UNESCO recognition for its industrial history but tried to overlook this one problem

by Miyamoto Takashi

The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine, one of several UNESCO registered Meiji Industrial Revolution Sites, used convict labor.