Companies across the South profited off the forced labor of people in prison after the Civil War – a racist system known as convict leasing.
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Federal Agents Investigating Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor in Its Supply Chain
If an inquiry by Homeland Security Investigations leads to criminal charges against Central Romana Corp. or company executives, it would be “unprecedented,” one former agent says.
Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires
Companies across the South profited off the forced labor of people in prison after the Civil War – a racist system known as convict leasing.
Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires
Companies across the South profited off the forced labor of people in prison after the Civil War – a racist system known as convict leasing.
Trump wants to stop programs that combat child and forced labor abroad
The cuts would hobble one of the country’s key methods for combatting child and forced labor around the globe, and limit the federal government’s ability to help countries comply with labor provisions in 13 free trade agreements.