Directed by sam pollard, produced by catherine allan and douglas blackmon and written by sheila curranbernard, slavery by another name shines a light on the injustices occurring after african americans were freed, specifically in the south. Slavery by another namefilm screening with douglas. Blackmon, chronicles how hundreds of thousands of blacks in the south continued to exist in a form of quasi. Slavery by another name pdf summary blackmon digs deep in world history, and as a reporter decides to provoke the wall street journal by asking a series of questions that make every person raise its eyebrows over the moneymaking methods. Slavery by another name and millions of other books are available for instant. It will challenge and change your understanding of what we were as americans and of what we are. Slavery by another name, a multimedia project based on douglas a. The film slavery by another name challenges one of americans most cherished assumptions.
The very premise of douglas blackmons book, slavery by another name. Slavery by another name challenges one of our countrys most cherished assumptions. Slavery by another namefilm screening with douglas blackmon. Blackmons book reveals in devastating detail the legal and commercial forces. It explores the forced labor, of prisoners, overwhelmingly african american men, through the convict lease system used by states, local governments, white farmers, and corporations after the american civil war. It also reveals the stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the re. Blackmon is an american journalist and an awardwinning author born on september 6 th, 1964. The cottenhams a variation of cottingham are a slave family owned by elisha cottingham, a prominent white man with an estate along. Aug 27, 2015 sections of the excellent documentary slavery by another name which premiered at the 2012 sundance film festival and had its national broadcast on pbs on 212. Chicago tribune in this groundbreaking historical expose, douglas a. While a slaveowner had made a longterm investment and had an interest in his. It is shown throughout this book that slavery did not end until 1942, this is when the condition of what blackmon refers to as neoslavery began. A documentary that recounts the many ways in which american slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.
This 82page guide for slavery by another name by douglas a. Blackmons pulitzer prizewinning book, premiered nationally on pbs in 2012 as a 90minute documentary, website, and educational initiative. Douglas blackmon talked about his book slavery by another name. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii, is a shock to even the most jaded of history buffs. Based on a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, slavery by another nameunearths 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. We have new and used copies available, in 4 editions. Bledsoe pleading guilty in federal court in mobile, alabama, on october, 1941, to a charge of peonage for holding a back man named martin thompson against his will.
Based on a vast record of original documents and personal narratives,slavery by another nameunearths 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. Blackmon brings into sharp focus the nexus between race, state power, the expansion of capitalism and slavery through the backdoor. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii by douglas a. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in american historyan age of. In this groundbreaking historical expose, douglas a. Dockets and trial records were inconsistently maintained. The documentary recounts how in the years following the civil war, insidious new forms of forced labor emerged in the american south, keeping hundreds of thousands of. Mar, 2014 douglas blackmons slavery by another name illuminates a little known, widespread and legal form of slavery that continued in the us from the end of the civil war through 1945. Perversely, this convict leasing could be worse than slavery. Douglas blackmons slavery by another name illuminates a little known, widespread and legal form of slavery that continued in the us from the end. I thought i did know about the end of slavery, but after having read the book and seen the film, i became aware of how little i really knew and how important these facts about this ongoing form of slavery by another name up to the 1940s are to understand even. Blackmon under laws enacted specifically to intimidate blacks, tens of thousands of african americans were arbitrarily arrested, hit with outrageous fines, and charged for the costs of their own arrests. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii, by douglas a.
The 90 minute film, slavery by another name, based on a book by journalist douglas a. Slavery by another name the reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war iiby douglas a. However after reading douglas blackmons slavery by another name i am clearly convinced that slavery continued for many years afterward. Watch slavery by another name video and complete viewing guide questions quick links below to relevant video clips of 23 minutes each, containing historians commentary on the topics.
The reenslavement of black americans from the civil. Watch the video, slavery by another namewhat comes to mind when you consider the films title, slavery by another name. Blackmon includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 17 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Mar 25, 2008 turns out, slavery wasnt really over when lincoln said it was over. Turns out, slavery wasnt really over when lincoln said it was over. Interviews with the descendants of victims and perpetrators. Slavery by another name facing history and ourselves. Attorneys were rarely involved on the side of blacks. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in 1865, thousands of african americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality. Another slave, albert, had wed, and left for good in the middle of the first picking time after the destruction of the waramid the chaos and uncertainty when no one could be sure slavery had truly ended. You will become very angry when you read how georgia, alabama, texas, florida et al had local town city officials ready to arrest african americans on made up trump up charges, such as. Neoslavery was practiced after the emancipation proclamation. Slavery by another name doc sheds light on era of neoslavery. While the methods of forced labor took on many forms over those eight.
Slavery didnt end with the surrender of confederate forces in 1865. The first chapter is where we first start to see the plight of the cottenham family. A new book by douglas blackmon called slavery by another name argues that slavery persisted in different forms long after 1862. Pbs bases its slavery by another name documentary on the pulitzer prizewinning book by the same name. It explores the forced labor, of prisoners, overwelmingly african american men, through the convict lease system used by states, local governments, white farmers. Slavery by another name, is a thought provoking and maddening book about slavery in the south during the turn of the twentieth century through the 1960s. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii by douglas a blackmon online at alibris. 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 brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in american historyan age of neoslavery that. 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.
The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii is a book by american writer douglas a. Sections of the excellent documentary slavery by another name which premiered at the 2012 sundance film festival and had its national broadcast on. Slavery by another name and over 8 million other books are available for. It also reveals the stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the reemergence of human labor trafficking, the modern companies that profited most from neoslavery, and the systems final demise in the 1940s, partly due to fears of enemy propaganda about american racial abuse at the beginning of world war ii. This gets slavery by another name off to a shaky start. And any viewer of this film should do that, read blackmons slavery by another name. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Racial history book banned by alabama prison now a pbs. The genius of blackmons book is that it illuminates both the real human. Slavery by another name is a 90minute documentary that challenges one of americans most cherished assumptions.
Documentary explores slavery by another name thegrio. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the south in 1865, thousands of african americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and. Divided into three parts and seventeen chapters, slavery by another name is one ofthe most captivating books that expose the heinous crime ofslavery in the postemancipationhistoryofthe usa. The book slavery by another name by awardwinning journalist douglas blackmon documents how african americans in alabama and throughout the south were reenslaved in the years following the civil war, due in part to laws specifically written to facilitate the arbitrary arrest of african americans. A tpt production, in association with two dollars and a dream, with support of the national endowment for the humanities, w.
A new book by douglas blackmon called slavery by another name argues that slavery. Slavery by another name challenges one of americans most cherished assumptions. The cover photograph shows a young black man, possibly only a. A pulitzer prizewinning account of the age of neoslavery, the american period following the emancipation proclamation in which convicts, mostly black men, were leased through forced labor camps operated by state and federal governments. Slavery by another name engagement tpt national productions. Jul 22, 2019 it also reveals the stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the reemergence of human labor trafficking, the modern companies that profited most from neoslavery, and the systems final demise in the 1940s, partly due to fears of enemy propaganda about american racial abuse at the beginning of world war ii. Slavery by another name by douglas a blackmon the reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii this pulitzer prizewinning book shocks the reader before he or she has opened it. He is right to say this period ought to be called neoslavery because labelling it. Apr 10, 2008 slavery by another name the reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war iiby douglas a. Douglas a blackmon a sobering account of a littleknown crime against african americans, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today.
The cottenhams a variation of cottingham are a slave family owned by elisha cottingham, a prominent white man with an estate along the cahaba river in bibb county, alabama. The book is currently on sale at under the title hard times on a southern chain gang. Some neighbors called the cottingham section of the county pratts ferry. The idea that africanamericans were held in something very akin to slavery throughout the former cotton belt is a shock. The personal story of green cottenham, a black man born free in the mid1880s is purely fictional. May 22, 2012 the film slavery by another name challenges one of americans most cherished assumptions.
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. Blackmon puts that lie to rest by telling the story of the period of neoslavery in america a 75year sweep of history, starting at the end of the civil war up to the mid20th century. 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. The reenslavement of black people in america from the civil war to world war ii by douglas a. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Challenging one of americas most cherished assumptions, the belief that slavery in the u. With laurence fishburne, turron kofi alleyne, douglas a. The peonage system represents one of the great failures of reconstruction. Revenues from the neoslavery poured the equivalent of tens of millions of dollars into the treasuries of alabama, mississippi, louisiana, georgia, florida, texas, north carolina, and south carolinawhere more than 75 percent of the black population in the united states then. The reenslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii kindle edition by blackmon, douglas a download it once and.
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