First there were the Pilgrims, then there was the Civil War. After MLK ended segregation, racism disappeared from the country. If the Standard American History Myth that we've all been taught is incorrect - When was the last slave freed in America?

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Books
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II (2010)
Douglas A. Blackmon
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Documentaries
Slavery by Another Name (2012) - https://www.pbs.org/video/slavery-ano...
The Long Shadow (2017) - https://www.kanopy.com/video/long-shadow
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (2004) - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...
13th (2016) - https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=80...
Amend: The Fight for America (2021) - https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=80...
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (2013) - https://www.kanopy.com/video/african-...

Youtube Videos
Joseph House Lecture Series: Florida's Convict Lease System and its Legacy of Prison Abuse -    • Joseph House Lecture Series: Florida'...  
Convict Leasing, Forced Labor, Theft of Black Wealth: The Case of the Chattahoochee Brick Company -    • Convict Leasing, Forced Labor, Theft ...  

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Video Credits -
What I Can Teach You About Racism -    • What I Can Teach You About Racism | 5...  
Why the 3/5ths Compromise Was Anti-Slavery -    • Why the 3/5ths Compromise Was Anti-Sl...  
Leo & Layla's History Adventures with Frederick Douglass -    • Leo & Layla's History Adventures with...  
Frederick Douglass: From Slave to Statesman -    • Frederick Douglass: From Slave to Sta...  
Was the Civil War About Slavery? -    • Was the Civil War About Slavery? | 5 ...  
The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party -    • The Inconvenient Truth About the Demo...  
What's Wrong With The 1619 Project? -    • What's Wrong With The 1619 Project? |...  

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0:00 Introduction
2:11 The Standard American History Myth
8:57 America’s Founding
17:29 Abolition
23:53 Civil War
32:29 Reconstruction
36:09 Black Codes
40:14 Convict Leasing
45:58 Debt Peonage
57:00 Jim Crow
1:06:26 Involuntary Servitude
1:11:26 Conclusion

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