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Sven Beckert’s ‘Empire of Cotton’ Traces A Long Legacy Of Misery (my mom picked cotton in Macon, Mississippi) Antebellum South, Cotton Fields, Black History Facts, Thomas Jefferson, African History, Us History, Black American, African American History, Black Power

On one level, the Harvard history professor's book is about the omnipresence of a single, extremely versatile plant. But more than that, it’s a comprehensive look at the ways in which cotton has shaped life in America and in countries all over the world — sometimes for the better, yet all too frequently for the worse.

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