The Secret Ledger After Freedom — What Plantation Owners Tried to Hide

Описание: After the chains were broken, the truth did not come free.
In the silence following abolition, a hidden ledger recorded decisions never meant to be seen.
This is the story buried after freedom — and the paper trail that survived.
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When slavery was officially abolished, history tells us the plantations collapsed and justice slowly followed. But the ledger reveals a darker reality. Plantation owners did not simply let go — they adapted. Names were changed, families were divided again under new laws, wages were manipulated, debts were fabricated, and control quietly continued. This documentary follows the rediscovery of a forgotten accounting book that exposed how power reshaped itself after abolition. Through records, testimonies, and lost documents, we uncover how freedom was delayed, distorted, and denied — long after the law declared it real.
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00:00 – The Discovery of the Ledger
06:42 – Abolition on Paper vs Reality
14:55 – Rewriting Names and Bloodlines
26:30 – Forced Labor Through “Contracts”
39:18 – Debt, Control, and Silent Chains
52:47 – Families Erased After Freedom
1:06:20 – The Ledger’s Most Disturbing Entries
1:21:34 – Who Benefited After Abolition
1:34:50 – Why This History Was Buried
1:43:10 – Final Reflections: Freedom Delayed

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