Slavery by Another Name
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by American writer Douglas A. Blackmon.[1]
The book explores the forced labor of imprisoned African American men and women through the convict lease system used by southern states, local governments, white farmers, and corporations after the American Civil War until World War II in the southern United States. Blackmon presents evidence that slavery in the United States did not end with the Civil War, instead persisting well into the 20th century.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes: Ex-AJC reporter wins book award". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 2009-04-21. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/04/21/blackmon0421.html. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (April 10, 2008). "What Emancipation Didn't Stop After All". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/10/books/10masl.html. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
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