In this historical expos, 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.
By turns moving, sobering, and shocking, this unprecedented account reveals the stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the re-emergence of human labor trafficking, the companies that profited most from neoslavery, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today..
Blackmon unearths 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 shortly thereafter.
Using a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, 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.
In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning 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. photographs.
In this historical expos, 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
