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The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation

The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Daina Ramey BerryPublish date:2017-12-26Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:Beacon PressISBN-13:9780807067147ISBN-10:807067148UPC:9780807067147Book Category:History, Social Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Slavery, Economic HistorySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC9KZYDNH9

The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation

This "must-read for anyone interested in understanding American history" reframes how we think about slavery, reparations, 19th-century medical education--and the value of life and death (Sven Beckert, author of Empire of Cotton).

"A brilliant resurrection of the forgotten people who gave their lives to build our country." --Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

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Language:EnglishPublisher:Beacon PressISBN-13:9780807067147ISBN-10:807067148UPC:9780807067147Book Category:History, Social Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Slavery, Economic HistorySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC9KZYDNH9
Daina Ramey Berry is Michael Douglas Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a scholar of the enslaved and Black Women's History and the award-winning author/editor of several books including A Black Women's History of the United States.
Publisher: Beacon Press

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