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Pulitzer prize, general nonfiction, 2009 in this groundbreaking historical expose, douglas a. A pulitzer prizewinning history of the mistreatment of black americans. A pulitzer prizewinning account of the age of neoslavery, the american period following the emancipation proclamation in which convicts. Slavery by another name 2012, a new documentary based on douglas blackmons pulitzer prizewinning nonfiction book about insidious forms of forced labor that emerged in the american south following the civil war, will be screened on friday, february 3, 2012 at 7. Blackmon at barnes due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Mar 25, 2008 slavery by another name follows the life of green cottenham who was arrested on march 30, 1908 by the sheriff of selby county, alabama, and charged with vagrancy and in walking in his footsteps author blackmon shared what hed learned about the politics of the day and how those politics and slavery were synonymous then as they are today. Jan, 2009 slavery by another name by douglas a blackmon, 9780385722704, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The idea that africanamericans were held in something very akin to slavery throughout the former cotton belt is a shock. Slavery by another name is a 90minute documentary that challenges the belief that slavery ended with the civil war. Blackmon under laws enacted specifically to intimidate blacks, tens of thousands of african americans were arbitrarily arrested, hit with outrageous fines. Interviews with the descendants of victims and perpetrators. Douglas blackmon won the 2009 pulitzer prize for general nonfiction for his book slavery by another name.
In the half has never been told, historian edward e. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war. 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. Blackmon eviscerates one of our schoolchildrens most basic assumptions. The reenslavement of black people in america from the civil war to world war ii douglas a. He continues with the story of green cottenham, a black man from columbiana, alabama. 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. Slavery by another name mp3 cd audiobook, mp3 audio, unabridged. What this book does is document the so called convict workers. Black men arrested for petty or nonexistent crimes that couldnt. As i began the research for this book, i discovered that while. On march 31, 1908, he was arrested and jailed for riding a. Slavery by another name follows the life of green cottenham who was arrested on march 30, 1908 by the sheriff of selby county, alabama, and charged with vagrancy and in walking in his footsteps author blackmon shared what hed learned about the politics of the day and how those politics and slavery were synonymous then as they are today. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii is a book by american writer douglas a.
Baptist reveals the alarming extent to which slavery shaped our country politically, morally, and most of all, economically. The reenslavement of black people in america from the civil war to world war ii. Mar 25, 2008 advance praise for slavery by another name a powerful and eyeopening account of a crucial but unremembered chapter of american history. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. This gets slavery by another name off to a shaky start.
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