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Slavery by Another Name - The re-enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to WWII - a book by Douglas Blackmon:

I saw a book review given by the author on book tv (c-span2) and was completely unable to change the channel. His book and corresponding website cover a part of U.S. history that I believe many are completly unaware - as I was at the time. The book should be included in every library and read by every student. This is from the website Slaverybyanothername.com - read more

The subject matter while being unwritten in a historical perspective is not however, undocumented. The author outlined his research efforts which as he states is thouroughly documented in courthouses throughout the southern U.S. states. The author conducted interviews with people in the south who were much less knowledgeable about their own family history than the author. The evidence uncovered is eye opening as to how the institution of slavery continued in the U.S until the beginning of World War II. While not labelled as slavery but as criminal justice - it was slavery just the same in the manner in which the process operated and the treatment of these "criminals". Another amazing aspect is that the former abolishionists in the northern states turned a blind eye to this travesty. The reason for this action is due to the whole process benefiting the corporations of the north by providing cheap labor.

The realization that a society would establish a process with which people (primarily men) would be arrested for trivial if not completely fabricated charges and be found guilty with no representation by council and sentenced to hard labor where that sentence would be extended with the compounding of fines and additional fees is unbelievable. Those "sentences" could then be sold to corporations or businesses in an effort to recover the fees and costs of incarceration - this is shocking. While white americans viewed these people as criminals is certainly expected, the most amazing part of the story is that black americans in the south also viewed the victims as criminals and were ashamed to have any connection to them.

This should be named "The American Halocaust" because it exceeded the Nazi Halocaust not only in years but also in the number of victims.

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