Well researched, and very insightful. Douglas A. Blackmon is an American journalist and an award-winning author born on September 6th, 1964. He could not afford the fines. “Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves”, “I must get my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it.”, “Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”, “And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.”, “Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. This nation shouldn't exist, if there is any justice in the world, for its foundations are murder, theft, and cruelty. In Germany I became a freethinker and when I came to teach at an orthodox Methodist Negro school I was soon regarded with suspicion, especially when I refused to lead the students in public prayer. Something must happen, even loveless slavery, even war or death. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. The progression of the story was well executed, and it really helped to understand the many ebbs and flows of race relations in our society during the time. In addition, many other books were cited by the author so I'll be adding a few of those to my reading list as well. Revivals of religion and revivals in the slave-trade go hand in hand together. A few months back I read “Bertrand Russell's America: His Transatlantic Travels and Writings. Before I finished it, I described this book, This is an incredibly important subject and a book I would recommend for everyone to read to better understand the reality of unfree "freedom" for black people in the south that replaced slavery after the end of the civil war. The dealers in the bodies of men erect their stand in the presence of the pulpit, and they mutually help each other. "Slavery by Another Name" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2009, among many other honors. He could not afford the fines. Especially any teacher, like myself, that teaches American History. This book is very upfront about white supremacy and the role it played in all this. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? First and foremost, the writer doesn't do that thing that too many white writers of books on race and slavery do and capitulate, and make excuses for society, and sugar coat the actual motivations behind slavery. He has said that the small town of 10,000 was evenly split between blacks and whites; the county and area, one of plantations, was majority black. Select the department you want to search in. Want to Read. W. E. B. #82: Slavery by Another Name by Douglas Blackmon. . This groundbreaking historical expose unearths the lost stories of enslaved persons and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude shortly thereafter in “The Age of Neoslavery.”By turns moving, sobering, and shocking, this unprecedented Pulitzer Prize-winning 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.Following the Emancipation Proclamation, convicts—mostly black men—were “leased” through forced labor camps operated by state and federal governments. I found this worthwhile reading in that it contains a great deal of information that I think most of us do not know about the plight of "emancipated" blacks after the Civil War. We have men-stealers for ministers, women-whippers for missionaries, and cradle-plunderers for church members. She is the author of Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South (UNC Press, 2015). It has a lot of things going for it. The judge repla. In "Slavery by Another Name" Douglas A. Blackmon eviscerates one of our schoolchildren's most basic assumptions: that slavery in America ended with the Civil War. [5] The film can be viewed in its entirety on the PBS website. The real enemy of my people is here. The judge replaced the sentence with a year of hard labor, and sent him to a coal mine owned by a subsidiary of U.S. Steel. Paperback I look upon it as the climax of all misnomers, the boldest of all frauds, and the grossest of all libels. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar.”, “Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.”, “How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Douglas A. Blackmon is an American writer and a Pulitzer Prize winner. 898 Blackmon outlines how slavery was allowed to persist well into the twentieth century and he details who benefited from the continuation of the "Peculiar Institution". Enslavement was not destined to end, and it is wrong to claim our present circumstance—no matter how improved—as the redemption for the lives of people who never asked for the posthumous, untouchable glory of dying for their children. At some point, you have to decide who you are and what matters morally to you. He was then charged with vagrancy, an ill-specified offense usually applied to blacks, swiftly convicted, and sentenced to 30 days of hard labor and large fines. This is an incredibly important subject and a book I would recommend for everyone to read to better understand the reality of unfree "freedom" for black people in the south that replaced slavery after the end of the civil war. [1][6], A documentary film which is based on Blackmon's book and also titled Slavery by Another Name, was aired on February 13, 2012, on PBS stations. The slave auctioneer’s bell and the church-going bell chime in with each other, and the bitter cries of the heart-broken slave are drowned in the religious shouts of his pious master. The enslaved were not bricks in your road, and their lives were not chapters in your redemptive history. 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 astonishing book. In this groundbreaking historical exposé, 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 … More. But he broke their chains. This covers the period from the end of the Civil War to the 1940s and World War II. Goodreads members who liked this book also liked: Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, In this groundbreaking historical exposé, 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 …, The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism, Americans tend to cast slavery as a pre-modern institution—the nation’s original sin, perhaps, but isolated in time and divorced from America’s later success. However, everyone in the USA needs to read this book and the information needs to be discussed and taught in our schools. [2] It was the site of a plantation strike among black laborers, leading to extensive civil rights activity in the mid-twentieth century. Echoes of that time continue to resonate into today. The author explicitly states that the reason for his undertaking is to actively combat our national ignorance, and I applaud him in that regard. The man who wields the blood-clotted cowskin during the week fills the pulpit on Sunday, and claims to be a minister of the meek and lowly Jesus. She was never engaged to me. “My 'morals' were sound, even a bit puritanic, but when a hidebound old deacon inveighed against dancing I rebelled. The farmer, his sons and an overseer drowned and shot 11 workers; when the drowned bodies started to surface, the farmer was arrested, confessed, and was convicted; he was the only white man convicted of killing a black man in Georgia between 1877 and 1966. Melody Anne (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as sex-slave ) avg rating 3.99 — 862 ratings — published 2016