Extras
Slavery by Another Name Preview
Learn how post-Civil War practices and laws created a new form of slavery in the South.
Slavery by Another Name Preview
Learn how a de facto slavery system persisted for Black Southerners after the Civil War.
Extended Preview
White Supremacists and Government
Historian Mary Ellen Curtin explains positions of power and white supremacists.
White Supremacists and Government
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
Historian Risa Goluboff explains the thirteenth, fourteenth & fifteenth amendments.
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
The Significance of the Ku Klux Klan
Historian Mary Ellen Curtin explains the significance of the Klan.
The Significance of the Ku Klux Klan
The Significance of the Chain Gang
Historian Talitha LeFlouria explains the chain gang systems significance in the South.
The Significance of the Chain Gang
Author Douglas A. Blackmon explains the sharecropping and how it was a form of slavery.
Sharecropping as Slavery
Author Douglas A. Blackmon tells the ruling of Judge Jones and the panic it caused.
The Ruling of Judge Jones
The Rise and Fall of Reconstruction
Historian Risa Goluboff talks about the rise and fall of Reconstruction.
The Rise and Fall of Reconstruction
Historian Khalil Muhammad explains race relations and slavery after Reconstruction.
Results of Reconstruction
Reflections on White Supremacy
Descendant Barbara Belisle shares stories of racism and the KKK she experienced.
Reflections on White Supremacy
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