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Black prisoners organize for dignity in Angola, Louisiana’s modern-day plantation (peoplesdispatch.org)
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[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Angola's one of the worst, and some say, the worst.

[–] deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They should rub out their name; the plantation prison doesn't deserve to be associated with the good Angola

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

absolutely

[–] Bart@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 month ago

So long after the “abolition” of slavery, the similarities seem shockingly the same...