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| Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II | 
| Author: Douglas A. Blackmon
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 37654
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
ISBN: 0385722702
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9780385722704
ASIN: 0385722702
Publication Date: January 13, 2009 (In 41 Days)
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Product Description
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.
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 amazing November 11, 2008
Everyone should read this book. It is a well-written account of American history and oppression that is often left out of textbooks and shamefully continues today through poverty.
 Good conditon but took long to get here November 5, 2008
This book was in good/new condition but it took forever to get here. Even though the receiving dates was two weeks it got here on the second to last day so if you need this book for class order it from someone else who guarantees faster shipping.
Only one small complaint October 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I could not put this book down. After I finished I went on to read about white slavery just so that I had a well rounded idea of what was going on during this time. The only small complaint I have is that when authors talk about chattel slavery they all tend to group African Americans together as in "when African Americans got the right to vote" etc. This needs to be more specific if we are ever to really have a grasp of that history. African American men got the "right to vote" in 1850, Women as a group in 1920. I had to pen in "men" and "male" throughout my copy of this book for the next reader to remember white/black male/female all have specific histories in this country. But other than that, I could not put it down.
Very quick delivery! September 16, 2008
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Slavery by Another Name September 9, 2008
Interesting and very informational. As the holy scriptures states, "There is nothing new under the sun". What went on then continues to this very day. So-called African Americans have NEVER been Free!
This is a book that every A.M. should read, especially young males. The revolving prison doors mainly houses them!
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