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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Slavery by Another Name The ReEnslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Author: Douglas A. Blackmon
In this groundbreaking historical exposé, 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. — Under laws enacted specifically to intimidate blacks, tens of thousands of African America...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385506250
ISBN-10: 0385506252
Publication Date: 3/25/2008
Pages: 480
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4.6 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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reviewed Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II on
The evidence presented seems to be well-researched, and if it's all true, every elementary school child in the country should learn it, instead of the glossing treatment of the Reconstruction period that history texts now render.

If the texts could admit how wrongly we've acted in the past, we might raise a more open minded generation. We have enough jingoist sheep.
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Excellent often ommitted history. Well written and researched.


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