A review by blynecessity
The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation by Daina Ramey Berry

This is a difficult book to rate, because I feel like there's a shocking amount of new information in this book (and ten YEARS of research) and it was laid out in a really interesting way (following the "life cycle" of enslaved bodies from preconception to postmordum rather than a chronological investigation of centuries of slavery). However, this was also a very academic read. I don't want to give this book a low rating just because I'm not as versed in economics or history as the target audience, but I also don't know anyone I'd recommend this book to.
I'll end with this: I'm glad I read this book, but I don't think I would read it again if I could go back to do over.