A documentary film, based on the book by Douglas A. Blackmon, challenging the belief that slavery in the U.S. ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and discussing how, in the South, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place, was tolerated by both the North and South, and continued into the twentieth century.
year: 2012
call number/section: 305.89
subjects: video recordings for the hearing impaired, slavery, united states, history, convict labor, forced labor, african american prisoners, social conditions, african americans, 20th century, 19th century, closed caption video recordings, united states, history, 20th century, 19th century, nonfiction films, historical films, documentary films