Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
A sobering account of a little-known crime against African Americans, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today. From the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II, 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. With no means to pay these "debts," prisoners were sold as forced laborers to coal mines, lumber camps, brickyards, railroads, quarries, and farm plantations. Thousands of other African Americans were simply seized and compelled into years of involuntary servitude. Armies of "free" black men labored without compensation, were repeatedly bought and sold, and were forced through beatings and physical torture to do the bidding of white masters for decades after the official abolition of American slavery.--From publisher description.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
African American prisoners, African Americans, Civil rights, Convict labor, Crimes against, Employment, Forced labor, History, Nonfiction, Race relations, Slavery, Social conditions, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2008-07-13, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, African americans, civil rights, African americans, employment, African americans, crimes against, Slavery, united states, history, United states, race relations, African americans, history, Prisoners, united states, Noirs américains, Droits, Histoire, Travail, Crimes contre, Prisonniers noirs américains, Conditions sociales, Travail forcé, Esclavage, Relations raciales, HISTORY, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Discrimination & Race Relations, Minority StudiesPlaces
United StatesTimes
19th century, 20th centuryEdition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Slavery by Another Name: The re-enslavement of black americans from the civil war to World War Two
2012, Icon Books Ltd
paperback
1848314124 9781848314122
|
zzzz
|
2
Slavery by another name: the re-enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
2009, Anchor Books
in English
- 1st Anchor Books ed.
0385722702 9780385722704
|
aaaa
|
3
Slavery by Another Name
2008, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
E-book
in English
0307472477 9780307472472
|
zzzz
|
4
Slavery by another name: the re-enslavement of Black people in America from the Civil War to World War II / Douglas A. Blackmon.
2008, Doubleday
in English
- 1st ed.
0385506252 9780385506250
|
eeee
|
5 |
zzzz
|
6
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
March 25, 2008, Doubleday
Hardcover
in English
0385506252 9780385506250
|
eeee
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [444]-459) and index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Source records
Library of Congress MARC recordLibrary of Congress MARC record
Internet Archive item record
marc_openlibraries_phillipsacademy MARC record
Library of Congress MARC record
Better World Books record
harvard_bibliographic_metadata record
ISBNdb
Work Description
In this groundbreaking historical expose, 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.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. With no means to pay these ostensible "debts," prisoners were sold as forced laborers to coal mines, lumber camps, brickyards, railroads, quarries, and farm plantations. Thousands of other African Americans were simply seized by southern landowners and compelled into years of involuntary servitude. Government officials leased falsely imprisoned blacks to small-town entrepreneurs, provincial farmers, and dozens of corporations--including U.S. Steel--looking for cheap and abundant labor. Armies of "free" black men labored without compensation, were repeatedly bought and sold, and were forced through beatings and physical torture to do the bidding of white masters for decades after the official abolition of American slavery.The neoslavery system exploited legal loopholes and federal policies that discouraged prosecution of whites for continuing to hold black workers against their wills. As it poured millions of dollars into southern government treasuries, the new slavery also became a key instrument in the terrorization of African Americans seeking full participation in the U.S. political system.Based on a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Slavery by Another Name 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. It also reveals the stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the re-emergence of human labor trafficking, the modern companies that profited most from neoslavery, and the system's 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 is a moving, sobering account of a little-known crime against African Americans, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today.
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created May 15, 2009
- 15 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
May 16, 2024 | Edited by Robert2126586 | //covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/14627174-S.jpg |
December 19, 2023 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
November 29, 2023 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
March 1, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
May 15, 2009 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from Library of Congress MARC record |