1. liquornspice: blackamazon: thesmithian: If you think America’s addiction to slavery was cured by a few strokes of a presidential pen, then a new PBS documentary called “Slavery by Another Name” is going to be a real eye-opener. The film, narrated by…Laurence Fishburne, will focus on the struggles of the post-Emancipation era, as well as the labor practices and laws that effectively created new forms of slavery in the South… it’s based on the above book. more. Woot! Slavery was NEVER outlawed, only qualified! Amendment 13 Section 1. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

    liquornspice:

    blackamazon:

    thesmithian:

    If you think America’s addiction to slavery was cured by a few strokes of a presidential pen, then a new PBS documentary called “Slavery by Another Name” is going to be a real eye-opener. The film, narrated by…Laurence Fishburne, will focus on the struggles of the post-Emancipation era, as well as the labor practices and laws that effectively created new forms of slavery in the South…

    it’s based on the above book. more.

    Woot!

    Slavery was NEVER outlawed, only qualified!

    Amendment 13 Section 1. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

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      I bought this book awhile ago. I think I need to move it to the top of my queue.
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      This just went on my calendar.
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      Really interested in watching this!