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Slavery by another name : the re-enslavement of Black people in America from the Civil War to World War II /

A sobering account of a little-known crime against African Americans, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today. From the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II, under laws enacted specifically to intimidate blacks, tens of thousands of African Americans were ar...

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Main Author: Blackmon, Douglas A., (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
1800-1999
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Employment > History.
African Americans > Crimes against > History.
African American prisoners > Social conditions.
Forced labor > United States > History.
Convict labor > United States > History.
Slavery > United States > History.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Travail > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Crimes contre > Histoire.
Prisonniers noirs américains > Conditions sociales.
Travail forcé > États-Unis > Histoire.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Crimes against.
African Americans > Employment.
Convict labor.
Forced labor.
Race relations.
Slavery.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
African Americans > History.
African American prisoners.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
United States.
United States > Race relations > History.
History.
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Summary: A sobering account of a little-known crime against African Americans, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today. From the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II, 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. With no means to pay these "debts," prisoners were sold as forced laborers to coal mines, lumber camps, brickyards, railroads, quarries, and farm plantations. Thousands of other African Americans were simply seized and compelled into years of involuntary servitude. Armies of "free" black men labored without compensation, were repeatedly bought and sold, and were forced through beatings and physical torture to do the bidding of white masters for decades after the official abolition of American slavery.--From publisher description.
Physical Description: x, 468 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Awards: Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 2009.
American Book Award, 2008
Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, 2008.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-459) and index.
ISBN: 9780385506250
0385506252
9780385722704
0385722702

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