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  2. Louisiana State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    The Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South", "The Angola Plantation" and "The Farm" [8]) is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is named "Angola" after the former slave plantation that occupied this territory.

  3. The Farm: Angola, USA - Wikipedia

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    The Farm: Angola, USA is a 1998 award-winning documentary set in the notorious and largest American maximum-security prison, Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola. Loosely based on articles published in Life Sentences , drawn from the prison magazine, The Angolite , the film was directed and produced by Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus .

  4. Angola Three - Wikipedia

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    The Angola Three, left to right: Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox, and Robert Hillary King Louisiana State Penitentiary, the prison where the Angola Three were confined. The Angola Three are three African American former prison inmates (Robert Hillary King, Albert Woodfox, and Herman Wallace) who were held for decades in solitary confinement while imprisoned at Louisiana State Penitentiary (also ...

  5. Louisiana prisoner suit claims they’re forced to endure ...

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    The men, most of whom are Black, work on the farm of the 18,000-acre maximum-security prison known as Angola -- the site of a former slave plantation -- hoeing, weeding and picking crops by hand ...

  6. John Graweere - Wikipedia

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    John Graweere also known as John Gowen (ca. 1615–living 1641) [a] was one of the First Africans in Virginia, who was a servant who earned enough money to pay for his son's freedom. He filed a lawsuit to free his son, arguing that he wanted to raise him as a Christian. The court agreed and freed the son.

  7. How to go to America's most famous prison rodeo in Angola for ...

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    The Angola Prison Rodeo, known as The Wildest Show in the South, began in 1965 and is the oldest event of its kind in America. The Angola Prison Rodeo, known as The Wildest Show in the South ...

  8. List of plantations in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.

  9. Election 2024: Two attorneys compete in runoff to become ...

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    Former Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller Sharon Bock has also endorsed Casanova. Finances: County elections records show that Casanova received $159,587.16 in contributions with $105,076.51 ...

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