The Rise of Cotton: Crash Course Black American History #13
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Comments and reviews: 10
Bertram
Well done episode & series. It's important to add that the rise of industrial capitalism in the 19th century, which was centered in the textile mills of England, could not have happened unless it was jump started by the imported American cotton that was so cheap because the labor costs for the enslaved people who produced it were so low. Two forms of exploiting labor - one even worse than the other - intersecting & reinforcing one another.
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Well done episode & series. It's important to add that the rise of industrial capitalism in the 19th century, which was centered in the textile mills of England, could not have happened unless it was jump started by the imported American cotton that was so cheap because the labor costs for the enslaved people who produced it were so low. Two forms of exploiting labor - one even worse than the other - intersecting & reinforcing one another.
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Ellie
Whenever I talk with anyone who says -Democrats are to blame for slavery- and I feel I have to explain (gestures broadly) all of 17th to 20th century history basically back to them. its exhausting. Hopefully just sending them this video will help. Thank you for this series!
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Whenever I talk with anyone who says -Democrats are to blame for slavery- and I feel I have to explain (gestures broadly) all of 17th to 20th century history basically back to them. its exhausting. Hopefully just sending them this video will help. Thank you for this series!
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Lucas
4 Million human beings work were worth much more than all the machinery in the USA. It is almost like the workers hold the means of production and without them nothing can be build, cultivated, cooked or sold.
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4 Million human beings work were worth much more than all the machinery in the USA. It is almost like the workers hold the means of production and without them nothing can be build, cultivated, cooked or sold.
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Reed
It's incredible to know that this will be the first time some people watching this will have gotten the chance to learn these basic facts about our nation's history. It's a great first step.
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It's incredible to know that this will be the first time some people watching this will have gotten the chance to learn these basic facts about our nation's history. It's a great first step.
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Alejandro
One quarter of all cotton in the world comes from Xinjiang where men and women are forced to work for low to no pay while their culture is being suppressed by the government
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One quarter of all cotton in the world comes from Xinjiang where men and women are forced to work for low to no pay while their culture is being suppressed by the government
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Talia
I can-t tell you how much I appreciate this series. Each week it gives me something to reflect on, and helps me to understand the world I live in. Such a wonderful resource.
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I can-t tell you how much I appreciate this series. Each week it gives me something to reflect on, and helps me to understand the world I live in. Such a wonderful resource.
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Pete
Damn, this really puts the past in perspective.
No wonder so many folks are against critical race theory, because this is unspeakably ugly and unfair history.
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Damn, this really puts the past in perspective.
No wonder so many folks are against critical race theory, because this is unspeakably ugly and unfair history.
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leadfoot9x
Basically, until about 1900, the United States -_was_- the -third world- country with sweatshops making stuff for rich people.
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Basically, until about 1900, the United States -_was_- the -third world- country with sweatshops making stuff for rich people.
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mrcead
Imagine how better off America would be if black Americans were allowed economic participation after reconstruction at least
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Imagine how better off America would be if black Americans were allowed economic participation after reconstruction at least
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Little
There-s a great book -The Half has Never Been Told- that discusses the economics of slavery and wealth creation in America.
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There-s a great book -The Half has Never Been Told- that discusses the economics of slavery and wealth creation in America.
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