Slavery By Another Name Summary

In the literary work, Slavery by Another Name: The Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, by Douglas A. Blackmon, a critical piece of untold history regarding the issue of slavery is explored in a captivating and compelling argument stating slavery had not truly been abolished until forty-five years after the emancipation proclamation. To any human who has completed grade school through high school this claim might come to shock you, as we are told that Lincoln had freed the slaves through the emancipation proclamation in 1863. This story explores the question up for popular debate concerning the role of black men in society. The author does an excellent job of explaining to the readers that despite the great strides that were made after the civil war; slavery would continue to be a battle many would fight for a much longer period of time …show more content…
As black suffrage lost political support, it seemed many individuals began to notice how difficult it would truly be to integrate the estimated four million freed slaves into society as an American citizen. In a lecture of Slavery by Another Name: The Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, Douglas Blackmon, explains how growing up he remembered being told about the infamous 13,14,15 amendments and how Lincoln freed all the slaves with passing of the Emancipation Proclamation. However, this is far from the end of slavery he goes further to claim this simplified version of the history regarding slavery is the same history people are taught and never question. This book focuses primarily on exposing the truth behind the true end to slavery marked as December 11th 1941 in the author’s opinion because, it is when finally anti-lynching laws took into effect and it became possible to investigate allegations of slavery and involuntary