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Did Slavery Drive the US Economy? – James Oakes
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February 23, 2023
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5:51Now PlayingHistorian James Oakes critiques the 1619 Project’s assertion that Southern slavery fueled Northern prosperity and turned the US into a “financial colossus” and discusses how we can better understand the relationship between slavery and American capitalism.
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