Ryan Anthony Smith
@ryananthonysmith.bsky.social
Historian @ Missouri State University | PhD, University of Arkansas
African American History | Crime & Punishment | Slavery, Abolition, & Emancipation | Policing & Penitentiaries | Citizenship & Democracy
African American History | Crime & Punishment | Slavery, Abolition, & Emancipation | Policing & Penitentiaries | Citizenship & Democracy
Had a monster of a brunch with my folks. Approaching food coma.
December 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Had a monster of a brunch with my folks. Approaching food coma.
I've found so many instances of interracial cooperation (however tacit or informal) in opposing the convict lease system in Arkansas or holding those responsible for its most egregious sins. Here, a Black inmate was awarded $5,000 from lessees by an all-white jury in Little Rock (1893).
December 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I've found so many instances of interracial cooperation (however tacit or informal) in opposing the convict lease system in Arkansas or holding those responsible for its most egregious sins. Here, a Black inmate was awarded $5,000 from lessees by an all-white jury in Little Rock (1893).