Did Slavery Drive the US Economy? – James Oakes

Historian 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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Read Oakes’ article in Catalyst:
https://catalyst-journal.com/2021/12/what-the-1619-project-got-wrong

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