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Source: Majority Report with Sam Seder

Historians in the News

4/19/2021

How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America w/ Joshua D. Rothman

Sam and Emma host Joshua D. Rothman, University of Alabama professor of history, to discuss his new book, The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America and how slavery is at the root of American capitalism.

Read entire article at Majority Report with Sam Seder