The cover photograph shows a young black man, possibly only a boy in prison garb, lying on his side with his. With pbs preparing to broadcast the documentary version of the book, there is an opportunity for renewed scrutiny. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in american historyan age of. Slavery by another name is a passionate, highly impressive and hugely important book. And through the lens of the current war on drugs, the story is also relevant to our contemporary condition. I cant remember what happened in the end, but theyre riding on another train with this creature that the person could understand, but they didnt know exactly what species it was except that it was ancient or supposedly extinct. Whether a company or an individual, we are marred either by our connections to the specific crimes and injuries of our fathers and their fathers. While the methods of forced labor took on many forms over those eight. A novel, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel by english novelist george orwell. First published in 1936 80 years ago this month gone with the wind received a stupendous. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading slavery by another name. Prison ban on slavery by another name on september 23, 2011, eji filed a civil rights lawsuit charging that kilby correctional facility in mt. Douglas blackmon won the 2009 pulitzer prize for general nonfiction for his book slavery by another name.
Slavery by another name, is a thought provoking and maddening book about slavery in the south during the turn of the twentieth century through the 1960s. While four million black americans were officially free by the thirteenth amendment, many white slave owners did not approve of such action. Slavery by another name the reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war iiby douglas a. Last year, alabama officials banned prisoners from reading the pulitzer prizewinning history, slavery by another name, at kilby correctional institute in mt. Aug 08, 2018 this book bears a different name, but its written with an equally powerful purpose. Is gone with the winds nostalgia for slavery acceptable. Or we are tainted by the failures of our fathers to fulfill our national credos when their courage was most needed. Slavery by another name quotes showing of 30 when white americans frankly peel back the layers of our commingled pasts, we are all marked by it. Alabama prison officials have admitted that they banned the book based on its content, which examines racial history in the south following reconstruction until world war ii. From the aftermath of the civil war through the dawn of world war ii, under laws enacted specifically to intimidate blacks, tens of. 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. In this groundbreaking historical expose, douglas a.
Alabama prison officials ban slavery by another name. In our humble opinion slavery by another name doesnt focus on antiwhite rhetoric, but on social justice. If youre like me, you grew up with the belief that the civil war ended slavery. Slavery by another name book douglas county libraries. Slavery by another name relays the forgotten stories of. The publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. My sense of the jim crow era has largely been a recognition of the governmentsanctioned segregation, discrimination. A pulitzer prizewinning history of the mistreatment of black americans.
Blackmon, brought the pbs by producer and director sam pollard and executive producer by. Based on a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, slavery by another nameunearths 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. Blackmon under laws enacted specifically to intimidate blacks, tens of thousands of african americans were arbitrarily arrested, hit with outrageous fines. Slavery by another name book the seattle public library. Rocky mountain news for those who think the conversation about race or exploitation in amer ica is over, they should read douglas blackmons cautionary tale, slavery by another name. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. Slavery by another name the reenslavement of black people in america from the civil war to world war ii book. Blackmon, a senior correspondent for the wall street journal. Blackmon new york, anchor books, 2009 slavery didnt end with the surrender of confederate forces in 1865. He won the pulitzer prize for general nonfiction for slavery by another name.
Blackmons pulitzer prizewinning book slavery by another name has been adapted into a documentary premiering feb. Slavery by another name in 1865 the thirteenth amendment to the united states constitution officially outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude, however leaving one exception, as to the punishment for a crime. It creates a broad racial, economic, cultural and political backdrop for events that have haunted mr. 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. What was one of the most memorable moments of slavery by another name. Personalizing the larger story through individual experiences, blackmons book opens the eyes and wrenches the gut. Jul 22, 2019 it also reveals the stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the reemergence of human labor trafficking, the modern companies that profited most from neoslavery, and the systems final demise in the 1940s, partly due to fears of enemy propaganda about american racial abuse at the beginning of world war ii. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii kindle edition by blackmon, douglas a download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in american historyan age of neoslavery that. It documents the history of the convict lease system, which sprang up across the south after the formal abolition of slavery in 1865. Become engaged in this groundbreaking historical expose, of the forgotten victims and perpetrators of forced labor. Yes, the book is such a great work of research and brutal honesty. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii by douglas a. This book bears a different name, but its written with an equally powerful purpose.
Periodically throughout this book, there are quotations from individuals. Convict leasing was a system of penal labor practiced in the southern united states, beginning with the emancipation of slaves at the end of the american civil war in 1865, peaking around 1880, and officially ending in the last state, alabama, in 1928. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii by blackmon, douglas a. Learn how they journeyed into freedom after the emancipation proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude. Convict leasing in the american south, 18661928 matthew j.
A sobering account of a littleknown crime against african americans, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today. Slavery by another name challenges one of our countrys most cherished assumptions. A new book by douglas blackmon called slavery by another name argues that slavery persisted in different forms long after 1862. It explores the forced labor, of prisoners, overwelmingly african american men, through the convict lease system used by states, local governments, white farmers. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii is a searing and thorough account of the new form of slavery that continues throughout much of the south in the decades after the civil war. Blackmon brings into sharp focus the nexus between race, state power, the expansion of capitalism and slavery through the backdoor. Written by journalist douglas blackmon, slavery by another name. This gets slavery by another name off to a shaky start. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii is a book by american writer douglas a. Slavery by another name doc sheds light on era of neoslavery.
Mar 25, 2008 turns out, slavery wasnt really over when lincoln said it was over. 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 is a 90minute documentary that challenges one of americans most cherished assumptions. Sharecropping is a system where the landlordplanter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop. Pdf slavery by another name download read online free. Get e books slavery by another name on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii. 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 reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii nears its end, the author says that the atrocities and injustices that he has chronicled in the book explain more about the current state of american life, black and white, than the antebellum slavery that preceded. Slavery by another name book chapel hill public library.
This encouraged tenants to work to produce the biggest harvest that they. Jun 16, 2016 is gone with the winds nostalgia for slavery acceptable. In this groundbreaking book, blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in american historythe reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war iiin a moving, sobering account that explores the insidious legacy of white. Slavery by another name the reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii book. Racial history book banned by alabama prison now a pbs. Meigs, alabama, violated mark melvins civil rights by prohibiting him from receiving the book slavery by another name. The justice system at the federal level was unwilling to pursue the issue of convictions. Licensed to youtube by instant music licensing on behalf of blue flame lc08593. It explores the forced labor, of prisoners, overwhelmingly african american men, through the convict lease system used by states, local governments, white farmers, and corporations after the american civil war.
History denied and revealed american slavery by another name. When white americans frankly peel back the layers of our commingled pasts, we are all marked by it. Divided into three parts and seventeen chapters, slavery by another name is one ofthe most captivating books that expose the heinous crime ofslavery in the postemancipationhistoryofthe usa. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii, by douglas a.
Jun 06, 2012 slavery by another name is an accessible and highly informative read. Watch videos from slavery by another name, the documentary based on the book by douglas a. Slavery by another name by douglas a blackmon abebooks. I promise, its easy on the noggin, even if hard on the heart.
The documentary recounts how in the years following the civil war, insidious new forms of forced labor emerged in the american south, keeping hundreds of thousands of african americans in bondage, trapping them in a. 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. It also reveals the stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the re. In this precise and eloquent work as described in its pulitzer prize citation douglas a. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book. That they were called a bad name, and that there was. Blackmon is an american writer and a pulitzer prize winner. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in american history an age of neoslavery that thrived in the aftermath of the civil war through the dawn of world war ii. Blackmon writes of whites reaching for profits in farming, mining and other industrial endeavors by exploiting the labor of black men denied their freedom by trickery by arrests on trumped up. Slavery by another name book daniel boone regional. Slavery by another name is widely recognized as a reputable account of a deeply disturbing part of our countrys history that must be grappled with and understood, states eji director bryan stevenson, who filed the suit. I recently started thinking about this book and really wanted to find it again.
Slavery by another name the reenslavement of black people in america from the civil war to world war ii douglas a. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii is one of the most harrowing books ive read in a long timeand one of the most important. Blackmon puts that lie to rest by telling the story of the period of neo slavery in america a 75year sweep of history, starting at the end of the civil war up to the mid20th century. The personal story of green cottenham, a black man born free in the mid1880s is purely fictional. In this groundbreaking book, blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in american historythe reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war iiin a moving, sobering account that explores the. I thought i did know about the end of slavery, but after having read the book and seen the film, i became aware of how little i really knew and how important these facts about this ongoing form of slavery by another name up to the 1940s are to understand even the situation after this extreme exploitation of human beeings has ended.