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Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon

Slavery by Another Name

The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

by Douglas A. Blackmon
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  • Mar 25, 2008, 480 pages
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  • Jan 2009, 496 pages
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