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Thomas S. Gaines
Buried Alive Behind Prison Walls
The Inside Story of Jackson State Prison from the Eyes of a Former Slave
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2017 OK Publishing
ISBN 978-80-272-2532-3
Table of Contents
PART FIRST BURIED ALIVE LIFE OF WILLIAM WALKER
CHAPTER I SHARKS FED ON HUMAN FLESH — IN THE SLAVE PEN AT NEW ORLEANS
CHAPTER III THE ESCAPE — PURSUED BY BLOOD HOUNDS — THE CAPTURE — THE PUNISHMENT
CHAPTER IV NANCY'S DREAM — A TERRIBLE BLOW — GLOOM — BELLS TOLLING IN THE SKY
CHAPTER V A FLASH OF LIGHTNING KILLS FALLON AND WRITES HIS NAME ON STONE
CHAPTER VI IN OLD MISSOURI — THE ESCAPE — ARRIVAL IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
CHAPTER VII FARMING — THE SHOLTZ FAMILY — THE MEETING WITH NANCY — THE QUARREL — THE MURDER
PART SECOND LIFE IN JACKSON PRISON
CHAPTER I IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT — ABOLISHMENT OF THE SOLITARIES — "FRENCH JOE"
CHAPTER II THE CONTRACT SYSTEM — ESCAPE AND CAPTURE OF TOM BARTOLES — DIED WITH HIS SHACKLES ON
CHAPTER III THE REIGN OF TERROR — DRAWN FROM HIS CELL WITH RED-HOT IRONS
CHAPTER IV A NEW ADMINISTRATION — A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER — A WOMAN PHILANTHROPIST
CHAPTER V USE OF TOBACCO PROHIBITED — THE HAUNTED ROOM — THE LIGHTNING BOLT
CHAPTER VI PRISON LIFE AT MIDNIGHT — SHAVING ON SHORT NOTICE — HORRIBLE FATALITIES
CHAPTER VII CUNNING ESCAPES — WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY BANQUET — CONVICT McLOUD KILLED
CHAPTER VIII THE STRETCHING MACHINE — RECORD OF MISCONDUCT — FATALITIES, MURDERS AND SUICIDES
CHAPTER IX WARDEN HATCH AND PRISON REFORM — THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE ACT
CHAPTER X THE LITERARY MEETINGS AND RELIGIOUS SERVICES — THE PRISON CHAPLAIN
CHAPTER XI GUILTY AND INNOCENT — CANFIELD, THE SLAYER OF LITTLE NELLIE GRIFFIN
CHAPTER XII DIED FOR WANT OF WATER — WILLIAM WALKER'S PETITION FOR A PARDON
CHAPTER XIII PRISON LITERARY MEETINGS — ESSAYS BY EDWARD HANLAN, IRVING LATIMER AND WILLIAM BUTLER
CHAPTER XIV LOVERS OF PRISON LIFE — BEGGING TO BE RETURNED TO PRISON
CHAPTER XV SUNDAY IN PRISON — MUSICAL PRISONERS — THE DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
CHAPTER XVI DESPERATE PRISONERS — MACHINERY DEMOLISHED WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER — PRINCE MICHAEL
CHAPTER XVII CANDIDATES FOR THE HOSPITAL — CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — SINGULAR MURDERS
CHAPTER XVIII THE SUNDAY SCHOOL — PAPER READ BY IRVING LATIMER AT A SABBATH SCHOOL EXHIBITION
CHAPTER XIX EXPIRATION OF WARDEN HATCH'S ADMINISTRATION — A CHRISTMAS PRESENTATION
CHAPTER XX WARDEN DAVIS' ADMINISTRATION — EMANCIPATION DAY ADDRESS — CONCLUSION
PREFACE
In presenting this volume to to the public I do not intend that the convict shall pose as a martyr. And as sensationalism is almost invariably incompatible with the truth, I shall also avoid that. Far more eloquent pens than mine have exhausted the subject of contract labor, showing the world the injurious effects it had on the workingman. It is now my aim to show the misery it causes to his more unfortunate brother on the inside of the walls. I make no comments, I merely portray the facts. I am the artist. You, reader, are the critic. But in sending forth this little book, should it gain the attention of some of our public benefactors, and through them be the means of bettering the condition of those bound to these modern despots, I shall feel that I have not written in vain.
PART FIRST
BURIED ALIVE
LIFE OF WILLIAM WALKER
CHAPTER I
SHARKS FED ON HUMAN FLESH — IN THE SLAVE PEN AT NEW ORLEANS
I WAS born in Southampton County, Virginia. I do not know my age, for I was born a slave, and all of my ancestors