Slavery and American Capitalism Paper
Read: Start with this excerpt from Baptists book The Half Has Never Been Told: https://www.salon.com/test2/2014/09/07/we_still_lie_about_slavery_heres_the_truth _about_how_the_american_economy_and_power_were_built_on_forced_migration_a nd_torture/ Then read this article from the New York Timess Pulitzer Prize winning 1619 Project on Slavery and American Capitalism: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/slavery-capitalism.html Then listen to this podcast from the 1619 Project: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/podcasts/1619-slavery-cotton-capitalism.html Then read this article that disputes many of Baptist and the NHCs conclusions about Slavery and American Capitalism: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014498317302292 Then watch this lecture: https://www.ehs.org.uk/multimedia/tawney-lecture-2019- slavery-and-anglo-american-capitalism-revisited Write a 5-6 page paper on slavery and American capitalism that accomplishes the following objectives: Summarizes the debate between NHC and economic historians. Explains which side of the debate you find most convincing. Defends your position using specific supporting evidence. Please use these sources to cite in the essay, and include a work cited page Please follow the instructions and if there are any questions please just shoot me a message.