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Turpentine Farms
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Turpentine Farms
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The System at Work
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The System at Work
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Understanding our History, Understanding our Future
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Understanding our History, Understanding our Future
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Pig Laws and Imprisonment
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Pig Laws and Imprisonment
Historian Khalil Muhammad explains the establishment of Pig Laws.
New Systems of Exploitation
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New Systems of Exploitation
Historians Khalil Muhammad and Risa Goluboff explain legalities around re-enslavement.
Laws to Criminalize Black Life?
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Laws to Criminalize Black Life?
Douglas A. Blackmon describes the Black Codes.
Warren Reese
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Warren Reese
Audible clip from book
The Origins of Black Codes
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The Origins of Black Codes
Historian Mary Ellen Curtin explains Black Codes.
The Birth of Jim Crow
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The Birth of Jim Crow
Khalil Muhammad describes how the era of "separate but equal" came into being.
Reflections on the Great Migration
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Reflections on the Great Migration
Descendant Bernard Kinsey talks about his pride at being part of the Great Migration.
Alonzo Bailey
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Alonzo Bailey
Historian Pete Daniel discusses the Alonzo Bailey case and how it related to peonage.
Why Migrate?
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Why Migrate?
Historian James Grossman explains why black Southerners left the South.
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