Episodes
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Slavery by Another Name with Haitian-Creole Subtitles
S1 E4 - 1h 26m
Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality.
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Slavery by Another Name with Portuguese Subtitles
S1 E3 - 1h 26m
Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality.
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Slavery by Another Name with Spanish Subtitles
S1 E2 - 1h 26m
Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality.
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The Bricks We Stand On
S1 E3 - 17m 55s
In this 20 minute extra, Douglas A. Blackmon takes us to Atlanta for a look to explore the history of the city and learn about how the project evolved. The author also visits with descendents of historical characters featured in his book and the film who discuss the importance of coming to grips with challenging history.
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The Making of Slavery by Another Name
S1 E2 - 9m 16s
What goes into making a history documentary? Go behind the scenes for the making of SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME.
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Slavery by Another Name
S1 E1 - 1h 24m
Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality.
Extras + Features
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Reflections on the Ku Klux Klan
S1 - 1m 27s
Descendant Barbara Belisle remembers visits from the KKK from her childhood.
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Reflections on Child Convict Labor
S1 - 1m 45s
Author Douglas A. Blackmon talks about researching his book “Slavery by Another Name” and his surprise at finding child convicts.
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Extended Preview
S1 - 1m 16s
Discover how Southern States used the criminal justice system after the Civil War to force African Americans to labor against their will. Narrated by Laurence Fishburne.
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Alonzo Bailey
S1 -
Historian Pete Daniel discusses the Alonzo Bailey case and how it related to the peonage statute.
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The Economics of Labor
S1 - 1m 19s
Douglas A. Blackmon talks about the reasons behind convict labor practices of the day.
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Reflections on Growing Up
S1 -
Douglas A. Blackmon's son Michael asks what got him interested in this topic and why he wrote "Slavery by Another Name" in a StoryCorps interview.
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Warren Reese
S1 - 2m 18s
“Reese was astonished by the evidence piling up in his office, and quickly asked for the assignment...ignore the implications of the extraordinary evidence that soon poured into his office.”
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Big Business
S1 - 1m 23s
“Instead of slave owners, the men who now controlled squad and simultaneously to feed them as little as they could get away with...”
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Turpentine Farms
S1 - 2m 17s
“Two years later, unaware of the failed peonage prosecution in Georgia...typically at least 100 percent.”
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Sacrifices
S1 - 46s
“I am perfectly willing for one to shoulder this responsibility and commence these proceedings...that you will protect me from such attacks.”
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Understanding our History, Understanding our Future
S1 - 49s
“As painful as it may be to plow the past, among the ephemera left behind...The clock must be reset.”
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An Unlikely Response
S1 - 7m 10s
"The article generated a response unlike anything else. Altogether, millions of mostly obscure entries in the public record offer details of a forced labor system of monotonous enormity."
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