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This piece was originally published by Truthout.org on 7 February 2016 under the title 'Capitalism, slavery, racism and imprisonment of people of color cannot be separated' by Mark Karlin.
The following is an interview with Dennis Childs, author of Slaves of the State: Black Incarceration From the Chain Gang to the Penitentiary and associate professor of African American literature at the University of California San Diego.
