Article Title
The Furnace of Affliction: Prisons and Religion in Antebellum America
Abstract
Digger Deeper to Examine Antebellum Prisons
Like many Americans, Jennifer Graber is deeply disturbed by the current state of America’s prisons. She notes that there are at present two million Americans incarcerated and contends that our prisons now have a “decidedly retributive tone" t.... This paper has been withdrawn.