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The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
Think you know how America got rich? Spoiler: it wasn’t just about free markets and hard work. Slavery wasn’t some dusty relic—it was a turbocharged engine for capitalism. And not in the way you might expect. Edward Baptist pulls no punches, showing how brutal human bondage shaped the very money-making machine we celebrate today.
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