Daniel B. Rood, "The Reinvention of Atlantic Slavery: Technology, Labor, Race, and Capitalism in the Greater Caribbean" (Oxford UP, 2020)

This episode discusses Daniel B. Rood's book, "The Reinvention of Atlantic Slavery." It explores how industrial technologies and new racial ideologies were adapted by planters in the Greater Caribbean to enhance profitability, and the role of enslaved people's skills in these…

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