History

Slavery by Another Name

SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans' most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality.

Slavery by Another Name with Haitian-Creole Subtitles

1h 26m

Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality.

Episodes

  • Slavery by Another Name with Haitian-Creole Subtitles: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Slavery by Another Name with Haitian-Creole Subtitles

    S1 E4 - 1h 26m

    Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality.

  • Slavery by Another Name with Portuguese Subtitles: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Slavery by Another Name with Portuguese Subtitles

    S1 E3 - 1h 26m

    Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality.

  • Slavery by Another Name with Spanish Subtitles: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Slavery by Another Name with Spanish Subtitles

    S1 E2 - 1h 26m

    Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality.

  • The Bricks We Stand On: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Bricks We Stand On

    S1 E3 - 17m 55s

    In this 20 minute extra, Douglas A. Blackmon takes us to Atlanta for a look to explore the history of the city and learn about how the project evolved. The author also visits with descendents of historical characters featured in his book and the film who discuss the importance of coming to grips with challenging history.

  • Slavery by Another Name: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Slavery by Another Name

    S1 E1 - 1h 24m

    Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality.

Extras + Features

  • Why Migrate?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why Migrate?

    S1 -

    Historian James Grossman explains why black Southerners left the South during the Great Migration.

  • FDR and The New Deal: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    FDR and The New Deal

    S1 -

    Historian Risa Goluboff explains how The New Deal was a watershed moment including symbolic steps to make black Americans feel included in the policy.

  • Reflections on Dreams: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Reflections on Dreams

    S1 -

    Sam Pollard talks about his dream project: exploring different cultures through their music ("ethnomusicology") in a StoryCorps interview.

  • An Unlikely Response: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    An Unlikely Response

    S1 - 7m 10s

    "The article generated a response unlike anything else. Altogether, millions of mostly obscure entries in the public record offer details of a forced labor system of monotonous enormity."

  • The System at Work: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The System at Work

    S1 - 2m 33s

    "When John Davis arrived at the Pace farm...usually agreeing to work another year or more to pay off his new “debt” to the white man.”

  • Warren Reese: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Warren Reese

    S1 - 2m 18s

    “Reese was astonished by the evidence piling up in his office, and quickly asked for the assignment...ignore the implications of the extraordinary evidence that soon poured into his office.”

  • Big Business: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Big Business

    S1 - 1m 23s

    “Instead of slave owners, the men who now controlled squad and simultaneously to feed them as little as they could get away with...”

  • Turpentine Farms: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Turpentine Farms

    S1 - 2m 17s

    “Two years later, unaware of the failed peonage prosecution in Georgia...typically at least 100 percent.”

  • Sacrifices: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Sacrifices

    S1 - 46s

    “I am perfectly willing for one to shoulder this responsibility and commence these proceedings...that you will protect me from such attacks.”

Schedule

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