The Secret Slaves America’s Been Hiding From You

Emancipation was supposed to bring freedom, but for many Black Americans, a new form of slavery took its place—debt peonage and forced labor. Sharecropping, convict leasing, and unfair labor contracts kept Black people trapped in a brutal cycle of exploitation long after slavery was abolished. In today’s video, we expose how the system of neo slavery persisted and the ways it still impacts Black communities today.