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Originally Posted by redforever
A very good read about slavery in the USA is "Black Like Me" written by John Howard Griffin in 1961.
In order to determine what is was like to experience discrimination based on skin color, he decided to become a Negro (the term used at that time) and see for himself.
He got medication usually given to victims of vitiligo, shaved his hair, rubbed stain on his skin, and took off on his journey through the deep southern parts of USA. The book is a journal of his travels and experiences.
The book was not widely received by some and he suffered beatings after the book was published.
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More to do with civil rights than slavery was it not? Haven't read it since high school.