The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America
威尼斯人娱乐场 Museum
Online
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT
Slave traders are peripheral figures in most histories of American slavery. But these men鈥攚ho trafficked and sold over half a million enslaved people from the Upper South to the Deep South鈥攚ere essential to slavery鈥檚 expansion and fueled the growth and prosperity of the United States. In The Ledger and the Chain, historian Joshua D. Rothman recounts the forgotten story of America鈥檚 internal slave trade鈥攁nd its role in the making of America. Moderating today鈥檚 program is Rachel Swarns.
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