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03: The Roots of U.S. Labor Exploitation and Organizing in Slavery - Pt 1

03: The Roots of U.S. Labor Exploitation and Organizing in Slavery - Pt 1

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In part one of this two-part series, we deep-dive into W.E.B. Du Bois' book Black Reconstruction and explore his General Strike thesis, looking at how enslaved Black workers in the South engaged in intentional and effective resistance and withdrew their forced labor from the plantation economy, ultimately pushing the outcome of the Civil War and their own emancipation.

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