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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

by Douglas A Blackmon

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Publisher Comments:

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.

Review:

“Shocking. . . . Eviscerates one of our schoolchildren's most basic assumptions: that slavery in America ended with the Civil War.”

The New York Times

Review:

“An astonishing book. . . . It will challenge and change your understanding of what we were as Americans-and of what we are.”

Chicago Tribune

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“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

Review:

“A formidably researched, powerfully written, wrenchingly detailed narrative.”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Synopsis:

In this historical expos, 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. photographs.

About the Author

A native of Leland, Mississippi, Doug Blackmon is the Wall Street Journal's Atlanta Bureau Chief. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and their two children.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780385722704
Subtitle:
The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Author:
Blackmon, Douglas A
Author:
Blackmon, Douglas A.
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Subject:
United States - 20th Century
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor
Subject:
United States - 19th Century
Subject:
United States - 20th Century (1900-1945)
Subject:
African Americans - Civil rights - History -
Subject:
United States Race relations History.
Publication Date:
January 2009
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
468
Dimensions:
7.97x5.22x1.00 in. 1.02 lbs.

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