Slavery by Another Name (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Douglas A Blackmon

Slavery by Another Name (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Douglas A Blackmon

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * 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. 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. . . . It will challenge and change your understanding of what we were as Americans--and of what we are." --Chicago Tribune

A native of Leland, Mississippi, Doug Blackmon is the Wall Street Journal's Atlanta Bureau Chief. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and their two children.

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ISBN 13	9780385722704
ISBN 10	0385722702
Title	Slavery by Another Name (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Author	Douglas A Blackmon
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2009-01-13
Number of pages	496
Prizes	Winner of Pulitzer Prize 2009
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