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Slavery by Another Name

The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

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Slavery by Another Name

By: Douglas A. Blackmon
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
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Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 2009

In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history: an Age of Neoslavery that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II.

Using a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Douglas A. Blackmon 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 shortly thereafter.

By turns moving, sobering, and shocking, this unprecedented account reveals the stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the re-emergence of human labor trafficking, the companies that profited most from neoslavery, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today.

©2009 Douglas A. Blackmon (P)2010 Audible, Inc. African American Studies Americas Social Sciences Specific Demographics United States War Social justice Civil War Capitalism Africa American History

Critic Reviews

“Shocking....Eviscerates one of our schoolchildren's most basic assumptions: that slavery in America ended with the Civil War.” ( The New York Times)
“The genius of Blackmon's book is that it illuminates both the real human tragedy and the profoundly corrupting nature of the Old South slavery as it transformed to establish a New South social order.” ( The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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I’m not American and I’ve never been to America, but I am white. I believe ALL Americans should read this book. The narrator was great and the content is extremely informative, thought provoking, and engaging. The book was a difficult read at times because of how shocking and sad America’s history of slavery and treatment of black people is. But it needs to be known, because that history still pervades American society today in its treatment of black - and just about any other colour - of people.

A must-read for all Americans

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