labor camps. His callous indifference to evidence that many of his workers had died of abuse, and his viciousness in asserting that convict workers could not be beaten enough, horrified even contemporary Georgians. These hearings led in large part to the banning of convict leasing in Georgia.

Personal life, death and legacy

Hurt married Annie Bright Woodruff, and they had six children. He died in 1926.

In 1940, land was donated to

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