Reflections on Re-Enslavement

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  Extended Preview

  Learn how a de facto slavery system persisted for Black Southerners after the Civil War.

  1:16
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  Slavery by Another Name Preview

  Learn how post-Civil War practices and laws created a new form of slavery in the South.

  0:30
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  The Birth of Jim Crow

  Khalil Muhammad describes how the era of "separate but equal" came into being.

  2:18
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  Reflections on a Company Town

  Bobby Clayton explains the commissaries and schools in the company town he grew up in.

  3:40
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  Reflections on Segregation

  Vanessa Cottenham shares her memories of segregation in Montevallo, AL.

  1:49
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  Pig Laws and Imprisonment

  Historian Khalil Muhammad explains the establishment of Pig Laws.

  2:24
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  Reflections on Emancipation

  Descendant Tonya Groomes reflects on how slaves must have felt at the end of the Civil War

  1:27
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  Reflections on Labor

  Descendant Rod Frazer remembers the types of labor on WD McCurdy's plantation.

  2:48
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  Reflections on History

  Descendant Rod Frazer reacts to his ancestor's role in convict leasing.

  2:46
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  Reflections on Jim Crow

  Descendant Tonya Groomes talks to her dad about his experiences growing up in the South.

  3:06