Slavery by Another Name

[Taosaur]

I just finished watching Bill Moyers interview Douglas Blackmon of the Wall Street Journal (video and transcript), and it's pretty disturbing--we've all heard of Jim Crow laws, lynching and segregation, but those words don't begin to scratch the surface. For as many blacks as could be rounded up in many Southern states, slavery was reinstated after the Union troops went home, right into the 1940s. This picture was taken in a labor camp in 1932: From the interview: "The judicial system, the law enforcement system of the South became primarily an instrument of coercing people into labor and intimidating blacks away from their civil rights. That was its primary purpose, not the punishment of lawbreakers." Douglas Blackmon

[Universal Mind]

The slave trade is going on at this very moment. http://www.humantrafficking.org/ http://www.anti-slaverysociety.addr.com/slavetrade.htm

[Taosaur]

The slave trade is going on at this very moment. http://www.humantrafficking.org/ http://www.anti-slaverysociety.addr.com/slavetrade.htm So were you aware of the full history of forced labor where you live? The interview is quite informative, and it was news to me. I have a friend who was born late in his father's life, and heard second-hand about his grandfather's life in slavery, but a few of the people from these camps and a lot of their children are alive today. It seems like at least a few people who see American slavery as ancient history might be enlightened to the distance we still have to go and the depths to which we've sunk fairly recently. To me it's a reminder that the American Revolution is far from over and there's a lot of work to be done.

[Universal Mind]

So were you aware of the full history of forced labor where you live? The interview is quite informative, and it was news to me. I have a friend who was born late in his father's life, and heard second-hand about his grandfather's life in slavery, but a few of the people from these camps and a lot of their children are alive today. It seems like at least a few people who see American slavery as ancient history might be enlightened to the distance we still have to go and the depths to which we've sunk fairly recently. To me it's a reminder that the American Revolution is far from over and there's a lot of work to be done. Yeah, it's really terrible stuff. Full blown slavery slavery became illegal here in 1863, but loophole substitutes for it kept going on at a much lower level for a while, and even after that, the races still did not have equal rights. However, today, slavery is completely illegal and a great deal less prevalent. That is, in the United States. Were you aware of the slavery that still exists on a major level? I am talking about right this second. Is that mind boggling or what?

[Taosaur]

Yeah, it's really terrible stuff. Full blown slavery slavery became illegal here in 1863, but loophole substitutes for it kept going on at a much lower level for a while, and even after that, the races still did not have equal rights. However, today, slavery is completely illegal and a great deal less prevalent. That is, in the United States. Were you aware of the slavery that still exists on a major level? I am talking about right this second. Is that mind boggling or what? Yes, I'm aware of human trafficking today. This thread is about the large-scale forced labor by supposedly free blacks in the southern U.S. in the early to mid 20th century.

[Universal Mind]

Yes, I'm aware of human trafficking today. This thread is about the large-scale forced labor by supposedly free blacks in the southern U.S. in the early to mid 20th century. I was adding to the issue of how slavery did not completely end in 1863 by pointing out that it goes on to this day. Even specifically the West African slave trade goes on to this day. This world is fucked up. I know what your topic is, but I often bring up modern slavery to give people food for thought. Too many people focus on past slavery way over present slavery. Slavery has to end worldwide.