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sheshe2

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4. Yes it does, lunatica.
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 08:03 PM
Jun 2019

Slavery by Another Name by Douglas Blackmon was a very enlightening yet sobering read.

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II is a book by American writer Douglas A. Blackmon, published by Anchor Books in 2008.[2] It explores the forced labor of imprisoned black men and women, through the convict lease system used by states, local governments, white farmers, and corporations after the American Civil War until World War II in the southern United States. Blackmon argues that slavery in the United States did not end with the Civil War, but instead persisted well into the 20th century. It depicts the subjugation of Convict Leasing, Sharecropping and Peonage and tells the fate of the former but not of the latter two.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_by_Another_Name

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Yes, a version of this still happens today. See Ferguson to name one. A real money maker for Ferguson PD. Bogus arrests, excessive fines, imprisoned.

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And it continues to this day. lunatica Jun 2019 #1
Yes it does, lunatica. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #4
I think the 13th Amendment is fatally flawed 47of74 Jun 2019 #8
Human beings are fatally flawed. Cary Jun 2019 #14
It actually speaks to all inequality. K & R warmfeet Jun 2019 #2
Thank you for your K&R, warmfeet. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #7
And more broadly, it's what much of the elite has been doing to society for aeons. sandensea Jun 2019 #3
i had no idea. Kurt V. Jun 2019 #5
Left out the first step Cryptoad Jun 2019 #6
Yep and that was rationalized by racism as well misanthrope Jun 2019 #11
America was built by rich white men exploiting labor... SMC22307 Jun 2019 #9
Very nicely pictured nt LibFarmer Jun 2019 #10
Wow. Spot on DesertRat Jun 2019 #12
K&R brer cat Jun 2019 #13
Not to refute what you're saying here She, but the irony is ... Cary Jun 2019 #15
I hear ya, Cary. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #16
K&R lapucelle Jun 2019 #17
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