Although slavery is commonly understood to have ended with the Emancipation Proclamation, or the Thirteenth Amendment, exhaustive research conducted by journalist Douglas A. Blackmon and reported in his Pulitzer Prize winning book Slavery By Another Name shows that thousands of African Americans were re-enslaved with shocking force and brutality after the period of Reconstruction was over.
Meski perbudakan secara umum dimengerti telah berakhir dengan adanya Proklamasi Emansipasi atau Amendemen Ketigabelas, penelitian mendalam yang dilakukan oleh seorang wartawan Douglas A. Blackmon and reported in his Pulitzer Prize winnin dan dilaporkan di dalam bukunya Slavery By Another Name menunjukkan bahwa ribuan orang Afrika-Amerika diperbudak kembali dengan keras dan kejam setelah masa Rekonstruksi berlalu.