Reviews that suggest that this book is simply an oral history that do more to explain the deprevaity of slavery than to explain the economics of slavery, almost certainly did not read much beyond the introduction. The book goes extensively into the ways in which slavery was protected and implemented in every new territory it was allowed to, how the system was integral to the economy of the North, the South, and the West, as well as markets in Europe, and how the legal battles […]
The Half has Never Been Told
The Half has Never Been Told by Edward Baptist