Armed prisoners who guard prisoners working on the Louisiana state farms. The land belonged originally to a plantation called Angola, named after an African country, where slaves came from. The prisoners are from the Angola prison, Louisiana

1963
(American, 1929–2006)
Image: 15 x 22.6 cm (5 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
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Armed prisoners who guard prisoners working on the Louisiana state farms. The land belonged originally to a plantation called Angola, named after an African country, where slaves came from. The prisoners are from the Angola prison, Louisiana

Armed prisoners who guard prisoners working on the Louisiana state farms. The land belonged originally to a plantation called Angola, named after an African country, where slaves came from. The prisoners are from the Angola prison, Louisiana

1963

Leonard Freed

(American, 1929–2006)
America, 20th century

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