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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Coal Mining History
S1 - 2m 31s
Historian Mary Ellen Curtin talks about early coal mining and the industry's reliance on prison labor.
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Reflections on Re-Enslavement
S1 - 1m 46s
Descendant Tonya Groomes reflects on how this re-enslavement has effected so many people during an interview recorded by StoryCorps.
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The System of Sharecropping
S1 - 2m 7s
Historian Mary Ellen Curtin breaks down the emergence of sharecropping and how it came to be.
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The Birth of Jim Crow
S1 -
Khalil Muhammad describes how the era of Jim Crow and "separate but equal" came into being.
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Growing Up in the South
S1 -
Descendant Bernard Kinsey reflects on growing up in the South.
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Reflections on Hidden History
S1 -
Descendant Dr. Robert Corley talks about the hidden history of forced labor during a StoryCorps interview.
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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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The System at Work
S1 - 2m 33s
"When John Davis arrived at the Pace farm...usually agreeing to work another year or more to pay off his new “debt” to the white man.”
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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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