VICE - Genealogist Who Tracks Down Modern-Day Slavery Practices (3.5 Million Views)

With over 3.4 million views for Vice Media, Akil Gibbons hosts and produces this story on “The Slavery Detective of the South” meeting genealogist Antoinette Harrell, who tracks down cases of modern-day slavery and abusive labor practices. We talk to a man - Arthur Wall - whose family was held on a plantation against their will into the 1960s, and Antoinette explains how she uses decades-old records to uncover how slavery was perpetuated long after the Civil War ended into modern day.

The Slavery Detective of the South

Role: VICE Media Reporter

Over 3.8 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.