A review by nooknook
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist

4.0

Important read focusing on how slavery forged American capitalism & financial success. Though he does include specific analyses of enslaved women, the lack of attention to female slaves’ reproductive labor and care work is a gaping hole. The other other half of the story is how enslaved women created more slaves and enabled them to work.