The book Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to WWII was written by well known journalist and writer Douglas A. Blackmon. Blackmon was born on January 16, 1964 in Stuttgart , Arkansas but was eventually raised in the small town of Leland, Mississippi where he developed his love for writing. In 1986 Blackmon would later go on to graduate from Hendrix College. Throughout his career Blackmon has accumulated various accolades such as the American Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. But currently Blackmon is the host of American Forum; a television show that deals with public affairs. His expertise in areas like Race and Racism, Human Rights and Civil Rights, Social Issues, Law and
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One instance in which Blackmon used this technique was towards the beginning where we were introduced to the Cottingham family and their slaves whose progress from the pre Civil War to post Civil War represented what was going on with many southern plantation owners and their slaves during that era. Blackmon also provides many examples of experiences that exhibit the various forms of slavery after the Civil War along with the animosity held towards African-Americans. The treatment of african-Americans Post civil war proves that slavery didn’t cease at the 13th amendment but alternatively continued to rob them of the freedom they so rightly deserved. One example provided talked about a process referred to as “convict leasing” in which prisoners could be leased to do forced labor on places such as mills and …show more content…
All in all, Blackmon did a good job on providing examples of the injustices against African-Americans. The various evidence provided from newspaper articles to first hand accounts from the people of that era helped me as the reader to further comprehend how detrimental some of these things were and allowed me to understand the mind state that many white Americans had during the mid to late 19th century all the way into the 20th century. Blackmons intriguingly informative writing style helped me to stay engaged while also successfully teaching me about America’s dark past. His lack of bias on the subject definitely contributed to the book's overall credibility and doesn't cloud the judgment of the reader but instead just simply states the facts necessary to get his point across. Even though the book was overall very successful and his writing style was very impressive, Blackmon was often overly repetitive and took a little too long explaining his
One instance in which Blackmon used this technique was towards the beginning where we were introduced to the Cottingham family and their slaves whose progress from the pre Civil War to post Civil War represented what was going on with many southern plantation owners and their slaves during that era. Blackmon also provides many examples of experiences that exhibit the various forms of slavery after the Civil War along with the animosity held towards African-Americans. The treatment of african-Americans Post civil war proves that slavery didn’t cease at the 13th amendment but alternatively continued to rob them of the freedom they so rightly deserved. One example provided talked about a process referred to as “convict leasing” in which prisoners could be leased to do forced labor on places such as mills and …show more content…
All in all, Blackmon did a good job on providing examples of the injustices against African-Americans. The various evidence provided from newspaper articles to first hand accounts from the people of that era helped me as the reader to further comprehend how detrimental some of these things were and allowed me to understand the mind state that many white Americans had during the mid to late 19th century all the way into the 20th century. Blackmons intriguingly informative writing style helped me to stay engaged while also successfully teaching me about America’s dark past. His lack of bias on the subject definitely contributed to the book's overall credibility and doesn't cloud the judgment of the reader but instead just simply states the facts necessary to get his point across. Even though the book was overall very successful and his writing style was very impressive, Blackmon was often overly repetitive and took a little too long explaining his