Douglas Blackmon's Book "Slavery By Another Name" Deals With A Painful Part of Black History!

Douglas A. Blackmon has a book that every American should read because a brutal part of our history is told in it. It's called "Slavery By Another Name" & it talks about the reinvention of slavery due to the economic needs of the South. Forced labor camps was a source of terror for black men in the South. He talks about the "black code laws" that were enforced throughout the southern states. These laws helped imprison countless black men who were guilty of having black skin. It talks about how important these camps were to the economic stability of the South.What happened when blacks civil rights were restored through the emancipation of slaves is discussed in this book.The fact that it was too hard for the South to recover after the great economic loss that occurred once the slaves were freed. They couldn't make slavery legal unless they called it by a different name. And the general attitude of the whites who didn't believe in slavery was not one of sympathy. They didn't mind if blacks were still in servitude. This book says that these forced labor camps were around up until World War II.
For a lot of innocent blacks who have been jailed for crimes they did not committ, this story may sound familiar. Why are they building more prisons when there are so many schools closing down? This story may provide an explanation for why there are more prisons. With all the money prison generates, it sounds like the same situation to me. Ladies & gentlemen,I daresay that this is a familiar theme! I personally have seen black men get arrested, have drugs or guns planted on them, & then go to jail. That's what happened to those men in "Slavery By Another Name". Back then, it was the "black code laws" that could get someone a year in jail for vagrancy. These days it's the "war on drugs" that allows innocent black men to get framed to enter into a greedy prison system. There is cheap labor in prisons & terrible abuse. It is completely inhumane. So, I thought he was talking about the modern day prison system! It all sounds like similar motives are at play right now. You know what they say about history repeating itself. This is a must read for all those who feel the need to understand black history.