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Edward E. Baptist

Biography

Edward E. Baptist

Edward E. Baptist is an associate professor of history at Cornell University. Author of the award-winning CREATING AN OLD SOUTH, he grew up in Durham, North Carolina. He lives in Ithaca, New York. 

Edward E. Baptist

Books by Edward E. Baptist

The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
by Edward E. Baptist - History, Nonfiction

Told through intimate slave narratives, plantation records, newspapers, and the words of politicians, entrepreneurs, and escaped slaves, THE HALF HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD offers a radical new interpretation of American history. It forces readers to reckon with the violence at the root of American supremacy, but also with the survival and resistance that brought about slavery's end --- and created a culture that sustains America's deepest dreams of freedom.