Answer:
C. The state provided workers at a low-cost to private businesses and plantations.
Explanation:
The convict lease system is a business operation planned by The Prisons in Georgia to turn their convict into labor force.
Private companies (mostly who operated in construction industry) can submit a request to the prison for someone that they can use as workers for their project. In return, the companies will pay some amount of money to the Prison.
Compared to hiring workers from the actual job market, hiring from prisons typically cost the companies a lot less since they technically do not have to compensate the prisoners.
You can negotiate contract issues
Explanation:
1) Support Gender Equality
2) Advocate for free and fair access to justice
3) Promote and protect minority rights
It's been years and years since I read this book and I still remember the horribly evil rent situation that was forced upon so many, basically making them slaves to their landlords. I also remember the finger of a worker being cut off and sealed into the can of meat