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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The Danger of Coal Mines
S1 -
Historian Khalil Muhammad explains the various dangers in coal mining history.
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Prosecuting Peonage Trials Begins
S1 -
Historian Harry Lembeck explains Booker T. Washington, progressivism, Teddy Roosevelt and the federal government’s involvement in peonage trials.
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Results of Reconstruction
S1 - 1m 13s
Historian Khalil Muhammad explains how the mechanisms of dealing with race relations ended up producing new forms of slavery after Reconstruction.
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Reflections on Convict Labor
S1 - 3m 20s
Descendant Dr. Robert Corley describes a photo of a prisoner and how convict leasing is part of Birmingham’s history during a StoryCorps interview.
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Reflections on Segregation
S1 - 1m 49s
Vanessa Cottenham shares her memories of segregation in Montevallo, AL during an interview recorded by StoryCorps.
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New Systems of Exploitation
S1 -
Historians Khalil Muhammad and Risa Goluboff breakdown the legal steps taken to re-enslave southern blacks after the Civil War.
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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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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.”
Schedule
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