Despite playing a central role in establishing our current racialized prison system, Southern convict leasing has been largely forgotten by American society. The Lone Rock Stockade Project is carrying out excavations at the site of an 1870s convict stockade in order to illuminate the depravity of convict leasing and acknowledge the sacrifices of the convicts who were forced to work without pay in Tennessee’s industries. While the project works to identify descendant communities and manage the dangers of COVID-19, the project’s public outreach is focused on establishing the site’s narrative as dark heritage, rather than industrial triumph, within the local community.

尽管在建立我们当前的种族化监狱系统中发挥了核心作用，但南方罪犯租赁在很大程度上已被美国社会遗忘。Lone Rock Stockade 项目正在对 1870 年代的囚犯寨子进行挖掘，以阐明囚犯租赁的堕落，并承认在田纳西州的工业中被迫无偿工作的囚犯的牺牲。虽然该项目致力于识别后代社区并管理 COVID-19 的危险，但该项目的公共宣传重点是在当地社区内将遗址的叙述确立为黑暗遗产，而不是工业胜利。