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201290 minPG-13documentary

7.2/ 10(6 ratings)• TMDB

Slavery by Another Name

201290 minPG-13documentary

7.2/ 10(6 ratings)• TMDB

American slavery persisted through practices such as convict leasing and sharecropping in the South long after the 13th Amendment was ratified.

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American slavery persisted through practices such as convict leasing and sharecropping in the South long after the 13th Amendment was ratified.

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Sam Pollard

Sam Pollarddirector

Sheila Curran Bernardwriter

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburnecast

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A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.

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