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978-0-385-50625-0. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II is a book by American writer Douglas A. Blackmon, published by Anchor Books in 2008. [2] It explores the forced labor of prisoners, overwhelmingly African American men, through the convict lease system used by states, local ...
- Douglas A. Blackmon
- 2008
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II By Douglas A. Blackmon Under laws enacted specifically to intimidate blacks, tens of thousands of African Americans were arbitrarily arrested, hit with outrageous fines, and charged for the costs of their own arrests.
Born. 1964 (age 59–60) Stuttgart, Arkansas, U.S. Occupation. Journalist. Notable works. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. Douglas A. Blackmon (born 1964) is an American writer and journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for his book, Slavery by Another Name: The Re ...
About Slavery By Another Name. This groundbreaking historical expose unearths the lost stories of enslaved persons and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude shortly thereafter in “The Age of Neoslavery.”.
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Jan 13, 2009 · This groundbreaking historical expose unearths the lost stories of enslaved persons and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude shortly thereafter in “The Age of Neoslavery.”By turns moving, sobering, and shocking, this unprecedented Pulitzer Prize-winning account reveals the stories of those ...
Mar 25, 2008 · Based on a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Slavery by Another Name unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude. It also reveals the stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the re-emergence of human labor trafficking, the ...
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Mar 25, 2008 · Slavery by Another Name is a passionate, highly impressive, and hugely important book.” —David J. Garrow, author of Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and winner of the 1987 Pulizer Prize for Biography “This groundbreaking book illuminates black Americans’ lingering suspicions of the criminal justice system. The false ...
