Summary And Study Guide Of The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism: Edward E. Baptist

by Hyper Summary

Kindle Edition

Published December 29, 2020

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

As the title implies, this book covers details I had not known previously regarding the slave trade. The author, Edward E. Baptist is a Professor of History at Cornell. He is also a co-founder of Freedom on the Move, a crowdsourced database of newspaper of fugitive slaves ads in North America. These records will provide future researchers with a resource that provides detailed descriptions of those who faced the well known dangers of escaping the south to seek their freedom.

After the Transcontinental slave trade was abolished by federal law in the U.S. in 1808, a domestic slave trade commenced. Slaves from eastern states like Virginia and Maryland were sent for sale in the deep south. These sales offered the eastern planters liquidity that was more valuable than their tobacco and rice crops. Living in Louisiana, the stories regarding it were particularly interesting. A thought provoking and well researched wok.

[Tom D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

The economic reality of American slavery, and it's impact on the world, is laid bare in this critical analysis. Highly recommended.