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Myths and Amendments
2:28
Myths and Amendments
Historian James Grossman explains the myths around slavery.
Reflections on Childhood in a Company Town
2:33
Reflections on Childhood in a Company Town
Bobby Clayton describes the Alabaman company company town he grew up in.
Reflections on a Company Town
3:40
Reflections on a Company Town
Bobby Clayton explains the commissaries and schools in the company town he grew up in.
Reflections on Re-Enslavement
1:46
Reflections on Re-Enslavement
Descendant Tonya Groomes reflects on how this re-enslavement has effected so many people.
False Charges
1:29
False Charges
Historian Pete Daniel explains how the legal system perpetuated compulsion.
Reflections on Race Relations
2:17
Reflections on Race Relations
Descendant Dr. Robert Corley on his interest in race relations a convict leasing.
Reflections on Robert Franklin
5:04
Reflections on Robert Franklin
Descendant Dr. Robert Corley reacts to his ancestor Robert Franklin arresting John Davis.
Reflections on Labor
2:48
Reflections on Labor
Descendant Rod Frazer remembers the types of labor on WD McCurdy's plantation.
Coal Mining History
2:31
Coal Mining History
Historian Mary Ellen Curtin talks about coal mining and the reliance on prison labor.
Reflections on Emancipation
1:27
Reflections on Emancipation
Descendant Tonya Groomes reflects on how slaves must have felt at the end of the Civil War
Reflections on Segregation
1:49
Reflections on Segregation
Vanessa Cottenham shares her memories of segregation in Montevallo, AL.
Sharecropping as Slavery
2:03
Sharecropping as Slavery
Author Douglas A. Blackmon explains the sharecropping and how it was a form of slavery.
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