The half has never been told : slavery and the making of American capitalism /

The half has never been told : slavery and the making of American capitalism / Edward E. Baptist.

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Historian Edward Baptist reveals how the expansion of slavery in the first eight decades after American independence drove the evolution and modernization of the United States.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baptist, Edward E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
Subjects:
Slavery > United States > History.
Slavery > Economic aspects > United States > History.
African Americans > Social conditions.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The heart : 1937
  • Feet : 1783-1810
  • Heads : 1791-1815
  • Right hand : 1815-1819
  • Left hand : 1805-1861
  • Tongues : 1819-1824
  • Breath : 1824-1835
  • Seed : 1829-1837
  • Blood : 1836-1844
  • Backs : 1839-1850
  • Arms : 1850-1861
  • The corpse : 1861-1937.

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