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Cotton, Slavery, and the New History of Capitalism with Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode

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The History of American Slavery and Cotton Production

Tom Foreman: I didn't know too much about a, about a history of american slavery and cotton production prior to this. But i'm learning quite a bit. And it's good to although the sixteent 19 project is is flawed, although it cites some literature that maybe maybe should have been more critical of,. It is good that a that more people are talking about and thinking about this topic, because one of the lessons, i guess, is that a lot of people really weren't very well informed.

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