Rasheed olaniyi, university ofibadan on 25th march, 2007, the british government marked the bicentenary ofthe abolition ofslave trade in 1807 and their active role in the despicable human tyranny. Slavery by another name takes the gloss off of the postcivil war era, detailing exactly how racist white southerners created a system of oppression that not only harmed the newly emancipated blacks legally and economically, but created a social system that continues to have major ramifications on africanamerican society. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in american historyan age of neoslavery. Slavery by another name is a 90 minute documentary that challenges one of americas most cherished assumptions. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii, anchor books, 2009. Slavery by another name by douglas a blackmon the reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii this pulitzer prizewinning book shocks the reader before he or she has opened it. Mar 25, 2008 slavery by another name follows the life of green cottenham who was arrested on march 30, 1908 by the sheriff of selby county, alabama, and charged with vagrancy and in walking in his footsteps author blackmon shared what hed learned about the politics of the day and how those politics and slavery were synonymous then as they are today.
Apr 10, 2008 this gets slavery by another name off to a shaky start, if only because many of blackmons wordings are speculative. Based on the pulitzerprizewinning book by douglas blackmon, slavery by another name tells the stories of men, charged with crimes like vagrancy, and often guilty of nothing, who were bought and sold, abused, and subject to sometimes deadly working conditions as unpaid convict labor. A pulitzer prizewinning account of the age of neoslavery, the american period following the emancipation proclamation in which convicts. Slavery by another name documents how thousands of african americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality, sanctioned by the judicial and legislative system, and propelled by the loss of slave labor after the civil war. Slavery by another name bridges overdrive a pulitzer prizewinning account of the age of neoslavery, the american period following the emancipation proclamation in which convicts, mostly black men, were leased through forced labor camps operated by state and federal governments. The peonage system represents one of the great failures of reconstruction. The personal story of green cottenham, a black man born free in the mid1880s is purely fictional. You will become very angry when you read how georgia, alabama, texas, florida et al had local town city officials ready to arrest african americans on made up. Sexual slavery synonyms and sexual slavery antonyms. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii kindle edition by blackmon, douglas a download it. While the methods of forced labor took on many forms over those eight. The pbs documentary slavery by another name examines the perpetuation of slavery under the guise of the peonage system.
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Pbs202 slavery by another name 2012 sundance film festival by news. In this groundbreaking historical expose, douglas a. Slavery by another name raises some difficult, important, and often embarrassing questions about the failure of the united states to live up to its promise of liberty and justice for all, even when that promise had been enshrined in constitutional law. Slavery by another name relays the forgotten stories of postcivil war slavery duration. You will become very angry when you read how georgia, alabama, texas, florida et al had local town city officials ready to arrest african americans on made up trump up charges, such as. About slavery by another name in the classroom to increase the opportunities for young people to learn, interact, and engage around the history of forced labor, educational materials have been developed by felicia pride and allissa richardson of 2mpower media, including classroom activity guides for high school. Racial history book banned by alabama prison now a pbs. Bledsoe pleading guilty in federal court in mobile, alabama, on october, 1941, to a charge of peonage for holding a back man named martin thompson against his will. It also reveals the stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the re. It is at once provocative and thoughtprovoking, sobering and heartrending. Slavery by another name and modern context slavery by another name is a documentary by douglas a.
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The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii is a book by american writer douglas a. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Turns out, slavery wasnt really over when lincoln said it was over. Watch the video, slavery by another namewhat comes to mind when you consider the films title, slavery by another name. Slavery by another name history background by nancy obrien wagner, bluestem heritage group introduction for more than seventyfive years after the emancipation proclamation and the end of the civil war, thousands of blacks were systematically forced to work against their will.
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