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S4 E3: The Cotton Empire

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Slave Owners - The Wealthiest Class in the United States

Carrey lee merritt is a historian and writer who lives in atlanta, georgia. She says the ruling class's decision to use slave labor left poor white men with no place in the southern economy. America brutally victimized indigenous and enslaved black people not included as members of the national family.

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