Slavery by Another Name
In Steven Spielberg’s new film Lincoln we follow the political manoeuvrings the President engaged in to ensure that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was passed before the end of the Civil War thus enshrining freedom from slavery for all time. Or so we thought. Douglas A Blackmon in his explosive book on slavery sfter the Civil War - Slavery by Another Name, unearths shocking evidence that slavery persisted will into the 20th century and he joined Pat on the line from America.
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