A chain gang is a group of prisoners chained together to perform a menial or physically challenging labor, such as chipping stone, often along a highway. This system (and the term for it) existed primarily in the United States, and has been phased out in most of, but not all of, the country. Some states are reintroducing chain gangs, although perhaps in a less oppressive form.
History of chain gangs
Historically, the primary purpose of a chain gang has been punitive, with any benefits of the labor being outweighed by the costs and risks involved in operating a chain gang. Their presence in public was to serve as a deterrent to crime, especially among African Americans. A traditional chain gang is almost universally regarded as being a form of cruel and unusual punishment, and that view combined with the economic cost of operating chain gangs led to their decline in the 1950s.
The phenomena of chain gangs, in the eyes of many historians, has clear ties to American slavery. Like slave-labor, traditional chain gang labor existed primarily in the U.S. South and involved the forced labor mostly of African Americans. Although those working on chain gangs had been ostensibly convicted of a crime, many of them (especially African Americans) did not have a fair criminal justice system available to them at the time when chain gangs were common.
2006-07-30 11:20:09
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answered by gayleLloyd 3
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Da Chain Gang Is WHo Cena Raps wit trademarc and people like dat
2006-07-30 20:44:06
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answered by alexanderthegreat115 1
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hey dudes its a piece of cake , duh.
His fanz are the "GANGS " ok .
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so all his fanz togther make a "CHAIN" ok.
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"CHAIN GANG" (got it???!!)
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I tell u again , its just like that fan said to Cena at Vengeance 2004 press confrence "the Chain Gangs are here 4 u "
Or when Edge told Cena the night after Wrestle Mania 22 "U will disapoint ur Chain Gangs but i dont think there are many left'
DID YA GET IT PPL , HOPE SO .( i'm 14 )
2006-07-30 18:39:43
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answered by spicy little noja 3
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yeah a group of prisoners chained together at the foot to go work the field or do labor
2006-07-30 19:51:39
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answered by RuKuS 4
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2 pts
2006-07-30 20:51:30
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answered by Anonymous
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2 pts
2006-07-30 20:03:06
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answered by WrizzLe 5
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its a gang tied with a chain so they always stick together...lol but i think that's it
2006-07-30 18:15:38
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answered by Anonymous
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its a gang full of chains..lol
2006-07-30 18:10:45
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answered by Anonymous
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Well I learned something new. I thought Chaingang was something Cena made up, but I guess not
2006-07-30 18:21:40
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answered by WWE_Fan 2
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it's a gang full of posers and dumb criminals.
2006-07-30 18:14:03
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answered by Anonymous
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