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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II is a book by American writer Douglas A. Blackmon, published by Anchor Books in 2008. [2]
Blackmon, Douglas A. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. New York: Anchor Books, Random House Publishing, 2008. ISBN 0-385-72270-2. Lichtenstein, Alex. Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South (Verso, 1996).
[1] Authorities exercised little oversight related to convict leasing, and the black men were often abused in what journalist Douglas Blackmon has called "slavery by another name". [9] Johnson endured several beatings at the hands of Smith, including a severe one after refusing to work while sick. [1]
In 2009, Blackmon was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for Slavery by Another Name. [1] [6] A documentary film which is based on Blackmon's book and also titled Slavery by Another Name, was aired on February 13, 2012, on PBS stations. [5] The film can be viewed in its entirety on the PBS website. [7]
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The 1787 Constitutional Convention debated slavery, and for a time slavery was a major impediment to passage of the new constitution. As a compromise, slavery was acknowledged but never mentioned explicitly in the Constitution. The Fugitive Slave Clause, Article 4, section 2, clause 3, for example, refers to a "Person held to Service or Labor."
Savannah picks emancipated Black woman to replace name of slavery advocate on historic square. RUSS BYNUM. August 24, 2023 at 9:40 PM.
Yale University will change the name of its Calhoun College, originally named after an alumnus who was a politician and prominent advocate of U.S. slavery.