| 词条 | Oconee County Cage |
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| name = Oconee County Cage | nrhp_type = | image = Oconee County Cage, Brown's Square Drive, Walhalla (Oconee County, South Carolina).JPG | caption = Oconee County Cage in 2009 | location= Browns Square Drive., Walhalla, South Carolina | coordinates = {{coord|34|45|51.5|N|83|4|0.8|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = South Carolina#USA | architect = | architecture = | added = November 14, 1982 | area = less than one acre | governing_body = Local | mpsub =Oconee County Penal System TR[1] | refnum = 82001523[2] }} The Oconee County Cage is a former jail on wheels that is located at Browns Square Drive outside of the Oconee Heritage Center in Walhalla, South Carolina, USA in Oconee County. At the time of its listing, it was located on Church Street at the Oconee County Law Enforcement Center.[3] It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 1982 along with the Oconee County Jail.[4][5] At the time of its listing, the cage was considered the most intact cage in South Carolina. Oconee County has preserved the cage as a reminder of the former harsh conditions faced by convicts in the early twentieth century.[3] Early 20th-century county penal systemIn the early twentieth century, county jails in South Carolina were primarily for holding individuals who were awaiting trial that could not afford bail.[1] Male convicted prisoners were either sentenced to hard labor on the county chain gang or sent to the state penitentiary.[1][6][7] In 1916, about 94% were in county chain gangs and about 6% were at the state penitentiary. In this period of racial segregation, white prisoners were separated from African-American prisoners.[1] Instead of being housed in the county jail, chain gangs were housed in cages, cars, or tents near the work site. The cages and cars could be used to also transport the convicts.[1] HistoryThis jail on wheels was one of several used in the early twentieth century for the housing and transport of prisoners on the chain gang. It was built around 1900.[3] In 1915, the State Board of Charities and Corrections reported that the chain gang was about {{convert|4|mi|km|abbr=on|0}} from Seneca where the convicts were repairing the Oconee Station Road. There were two cages. One held eight African-American men and the other held four white men. For breakfast, they ate bacon, biscuits, syrup, and coffee. For dinner, they ate cabbage, bacon, and cornbread. For supper, they had bacon, biscuits, and syrup. In 1917, they reported that the cages were screened. In 1918, they said that the chain gang only had African Americans. White convicts were held at the jail or sent to the state penitentiary.[3] The chain gang convicts typically had a sentence of two months or less. Their families could visit on weekends and bring food. One former convict recalled that the convicts, guards, and their families all ate together and talked.[8][9] In the 1930s, the county had gasoline-powered trucks and built a new jail. The cages were no longer used. Although the chain gang faced harsh conditions during this period, it was considered to be an improvement over that faced by many convicts prior to 1900.[8][9] There is a similar jail on wheels in the neighboring Pickens County.[10] ArchitectureIt is a metal cage on a chassis with wheels. Draft animals were hitched to a metal tongue attached to the front axle. The cage is approximately {{convert|14|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} long, {{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on|1}}, and {{convert|7|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} high. The front, top, and floor are solid sheet metal. The sides of the cage are metal bars with riveted strips to form a grid. The rear is sheet metal with a hinged metal door.[3] The cage had four metal bunk beds with three beds each along the sides. The bunks had metal strips to support the bedding. There was a metal barrel in the center for a fire.[3] Canvas was used to cover the sides in cold weather.[8][9] Additional pictures of the cage are available.[4][11] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web | last = Watson| first = Mary|authorlink = |author2=Wells, John |author3=Schader, Mark |author4= S.C. Appalachian Council of Governments | title = Oconee County Penal System TR| work = National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form | publisher = National Park Service | date =13 July 1982 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/MPS/MPS022.pdf| format = pdf| accessdate =31 October 2009 }} {{National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina}}2. ^{{NRISref|2009a}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web | title = Oconee County Jail | work = National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form | publisher = National Park Service | url = http://nationalregister.sc.gov/oconee/S10817737998/S10817737998.pdf| format = pdf| doi = | accessdate =31 October 2009 }} 4. ^1 {{cite web | title = Oconee County Cage, Oconee County (Church St., Walhalla) | work = National Register Properties in South Carolina | publisher = South Carolina Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/oconee/S10817737009/index.htm | accessdate =8 November 2009}} 5. ^{{cite web | title = Weekly List | work = National Register of Historic Places | publisher = National Park Service | date = November 24, 1982 | url = http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/Weekly_Register_List_1982.pdf | accessdate = 7 November 2009}} 6. ^{{cite book | last =Tindall | first = George Brown | title = South Carolina Negroes, 1877-1900 | publisher = University of South Carolina Press | year = 2003 | location = Columbia, South Carolina | page = 265 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=F1Kqso8_sVgC&pg=PA265&dq=South+Carolina+Negroes,+1877-1900++county+penal#v=onepage&q=South%20Carolina%20Negroes%2C%201877-1900%20%20county%20penal&f=false | isbn = 1-57003-494-X }} 7. ^{{cite book | last = Bethea | first = Andrew J. | title = Code of Laws of South Carolina|volume = v. II | publisher = Michie Company Law Publishers | year = 1912 | location = Charlottesville, Virginia | page = 244 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=FJ0ZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA244&dq=Code+of+laws+of+South+Carolina,+1912++chain+gang+able-bodied#v=onepage&q=&f=false}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite web | last = Holder | first = Frederick C. | title = Oconee County Cage | work = Historic Oconee County, South Carolina | publisher = USGenWeb | origyear = 1989| year = 2003 | url = http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/oconee/history/FCH-11.txt | accessdate = 8 November 2009}} 9. ^1 2 {{cite book | last = Holder | first = Frederick C. | title = Historic Sites in Oconee County, S.C. | publisher = Oconee County Historical Society | year = 1989 | location = Oconee County, South Carolina | pages = 27–28 |url = | isbn = }} 10. ^{{cite web | last = Scott | first = Brian | title = Manly Portable Convict Cage | work = Historical Marker Database | publisher = www.hmdb.org | year = 2008 | url = http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=11790 | accessdate = 8 November 2009}} 11. ^{{cite book | last = Aheron | first = Piper Peters | title = Oconee County | publisher = Arcadia Publishers | year = 1998 | location = Charleston, South Carolina | page = 38 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gKLe-Ne4tkUC&pg=PA38&dq=0738568708+cage#v=onepage&q=&f=false | isbn =0-7385-6870-8 }} 3 : Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina|National Register of Historic Places in Oconee County, South Carolina|Jails in South Carolina |
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