VICE - Genealogist Who Tracks Down Modern-Day Slavery Practices
Description :
VICE's Akil Gibbons traveled to Louisiana to meet genealogist Antoinette Harrell, the “slavery detective of the South," who tracks down cases of modern-day slavery and abusive labor practices.
Over 4 million views on VICE Facebook: Slavery might have ended on paper after the Civil War, but many white landowners did everything they could to exploit newly freed slaves well into the 20th century. Thousands of black laborers across the South were forced to work against their will as late as the 1960s—a new form of enslavement that went on in the shadows of rural America.
Credits :
Director/Producer: Michelle Leung
Director of Photography: Matt Seger