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The Half Has Never Been Told
by Edward E. Baptist
Introduction
Book Overview
The Half Has Never Been Told reveals how the expansion of American slavery was integral to the rise of U.S. capitalism, drawing on slave narratives, plantation records, and economic data to show how forced labor built the nation’s wealth.
Americans tend to cast slavery as a pre-modern institution … But to do so robs the millions who suffered in bondage of their full legacy.
Edward E. Baptist
Why This Book Matters
- Reframes the history of slavery by demonstrating its central role in American economic development, not as a sidebar but as a pillar.
- Captures the human cost of exploitation by combining macro economic analysis with the lived experiences of enslaved people, thereby deepening our understanding of systemic injustice.
- Empowers readers to interrogate the legacies of slavery in current economic and racial structures — encouraging active reflection and transformation.
Book Details
- Edward E. Baptist
- Basic Books
- 2014
- Black History & Legacy
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