They told you slavery ended in 1865. They told you equality was written into the Constitution. They told you Black people were free. But they never told you what came next. Because what followed wasn’t freedom. It was a cold, calculated system of terror — built not on chains, but on laws. Built not in the shadows, but in full daylight. It didn’t go by the name “slavery” anymore. It went by something more polite.
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