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The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
by Edward E. Baptist
(4.5)
An intricate well developed account of the events that build up America as the nation that is today. As a student studying American history from 1861 onwards, the last section was definitively related to my study. As a main thesis, the history of America retold by many historians of the past had often given excuses towards the actions commited by individuals such as Johnson towards the rebuilding of America as the good of the nation. An interesting viewpoint is the idea that the North was not against slavery because of it's moral wrongs, but due to long lasting effects on their side for the advantages of cheap labour and further building. It explores the emotional struggles of those that have lived through these time periods, by having their stories silenced as a result of limitations to their freedom of speech.
The accounts collected in here by the author had me quite distracted from the real descriptions of the history that took place, which was a negative side to it. Overall, it was intricately written and develops the real issues of the slave trade, towards not only binding a whole nation, but significantly in their development and life chances in the long run.
An intricate well developed account of the events that build up America as the nation that is today. As a student studying American history from 1861 onwards, the last section was definitively related to my study. As a main thesis, the history of America retold by many historians of the past had often given excuses towards the actions commited by individuals such as Johnson towards the rebuilding of America as the good of the nation. An interesting viewpoint is the idea that the North was not against slavery because of it's moral wrongs, but due to long lasting effects on their side for the advantages of cheap labour and further building. It explores the emotional struggles of those that have lived through these time periods, by having their stories silenced as a result of limitations to their freedom of speech.
The accounts collected in here by the author had me quite distracted from the real descriptions of the history that took place, which was a negative side to it. Overall, it was intricately written and develops the real issues of the slave trade, towards not only binding a whole nation, but significantly in their development and life chances in the long run.