The Furnace of Affliction: Prisons and Religion in Antebellum America

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Contents Acknowledgements xi Introduction 1 chapter 1 The Prison as Garden, 1796–1804 15 chapter 2 The Furnace of Affliction, 1805–1823 47 chapter 3 The Furnace at Auburn, 1816–1827 73 chapter 4 The Furnace at Sing Sing, 1828–1839 103 chapter 5 The Furnace Transformed, 1840–1847 135 chapter 6 The Prison as Hell, 1848–1860 157 Epilogue 179 Notes 185 Bibliography 209 Index 223 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations Front elevation and ground plan of Newgate, 1797 31 Frontispiece from John Stanford, The Prisoner’s Companion 59 Architectural plan for Auburn State Prison 81 Auburn prisoners in lockstep 83 Woodcut illustration from A Peep into the State Prison at Auburn, N.Y. 133 Frontispiece from John Luckey, Prison Sketches 169 Illustration from an 1858 Harper’s Weekly article on controversial punishments 172 This page intentionally left blank ...