The American Slave Coast, Ned Sublette
The American Slave Coast, Ned Sublette
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The American Slave Coast
A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry

Author: Ned Sublette, Constance Sublette

Narrator: Robin Eller

Unabridged: 30 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/28/2016


Synopsis

The American Slave Coast tells the horrific story of how the slavery business in the United States made the reproductive labor of "breeding women" essential to the expansion of the nation. The book shows how slaves' children, and their children's children, were human savings accounts that were the basis of money and credit. This was so deeply embedded in the economy of the slave states that it could only be decommissioned by Emancipation, achieved through the bloodiest war in the history of the United States. The American Slave Coast is an alternative history of the United States that presents the slavery business, as well as familiar historical figures and events, in a revealing new light.

About Ned Sublette

Ned Sublette is the author of Cuba and Its Music, The World that Made New Orleans, and The Year Before the Flood.


Reviews

I bought the book based on a Daily Kos essay that used it as a reference. It sounded fascinating; and it is, but not just because of its wonderfully detailed rendition of how the United States economy was established on a foundation of black bodies. What gives the reader chills are the many parallel......more