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Axelbank Reports History and Today #4: Keri Leigh Merritt
Axelbank Reports History and Today
English - July 24, 2020 12:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBHistory Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: #3: Chris McGreal - "American Overdose"
Next Episode: #5: Mayor Mike Signer - "Cry Havoc"
In this episode, we speak with Keri Leigh Merritt, the author of "Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South." While much of southern history rightly focuses on the impact slavery had on African-Americans, Merritt explains how important it is to also understand the impact it had on poor whites. Her scholarship shows how slavery's echoes are heard today not just in the descendants of slaves, but in those who lived alongside the system.
She is active on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kerileighmerritt and her book is available on her website kerileighmerritt.com
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