Politics
Video: Seattle's chain gangs, explained
Knute Berger sat down with Robert Mak to explain Seattle's little-known chain gang period.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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