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Episode 256 - Capital’s Terrorists
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69 minutes
Released:
Nov 19, 2022
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Today we've got historian Chad Pearson on to talk about his book Capital's Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century. We discuss how racism is heavily rooted in the need to control Black labor in the South before and after the Civil War, how the KKK was a kind of employer's association, how the civil liberties of workers were systematically violated by corporations and the government in the Gilded Age, and more. Enjoy!
Released:
Nov 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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