- Collection:
- Stetson Kennedy Papers
- Title:
- Three prisoners avoiding the convict road gangs by self-inflicted wounds
- Creator:
- O'Neal, Tracy
- Contributor to Resource:
- Southern Labor Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1930/1949
- Subject:
- Prisoners--Georgia
Convict labor
Self-mutilation--Georgia
Wounds & injuries
Prisoners - People:
- Kennedy, Stetson
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Text on reverse: "These three Georgia lads hamstrung themselves by cutting the tendons of their own legs to avoid being sent out on convict road gangs." Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011), writer and civil rights activist, collected these photographs during the course of his career fighting for equality throughout the Southern United States.
- Local Identifier:
- L1979-37_206
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SKennedy/id/13136
- Rights Holder:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1979-37_206, Stetson Kennedy Papers, L1979-37, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Original Collection:
- Stetson Kennedy papers, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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