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Sprouts: The Value of the Enslaved

Aug 08, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm
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Interview with Daina Ramey Berry, associate professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation. In this interview, a discussion of how the enslaved were bought and sold, priced, evaluated, marketed, insured, bankrolled, and treated like property or livestock. Berry also shows that the enslaved resisted this commodification by internalizing what she calls "soul value." Produced by Sprouts.
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