Let us consider the above as a parable on the difference between theory and praxis.

"It was only in rare cases that crime among the Iroquois or Huron was punished by public authority. Murder, the most heinous offence, except witchcraft, recognized among them, was rare...But if the murderer and his victim were of different clans or different nations, still more, if the slain was a foreigner, the whole community became interested to prevent the discord or the war which might arise...Among the Huron, thirty presents of very considerable value were the price of a man's life. That of a woman's was fixed at forty, by reason of her weakness, and because on her depended the continuance and increase of the population...These presents were offered in solemn council, with prescribed formalities. The relatives of the slain might refuse them, if they chose, and in this case the murderer was given them as a slave; but they might by no means kill him..." [source—note disclaimer at bottom]

I have no doubt that one convicted of the willful killing of another, whether they did so or not, would prefer slavery to death, but I don't know if the authors of The New Jim Crow would feel the same way.