The half that was never told

Find out which part of the history of capitalism conservatives don't want to tell. Slavery tends to be dissociated from the idea of success and freedom, intrinsic to the "American Dream." Historian Edward E. Baptist reveals in *The Half That Was Never Told* how the prosperity and modernization of the United States resulted from the expansion of the enslavement of Black men, women, and children in the eight decades following American independence. Based on narratives from enslaved people, business records, plantation owners' notes, newspaper articles, and political speeches, this book offers a radical new interpretation of American history. Its pages have special significance for Brazil, the most enslaved country in the modern history of capitalism: they offer an opportunity to understand the profound meaning of the historical debt owed to Black people—and reinforce the need to seek appropriate means to redress it. The Untold Half received the Hillman Prize for Book Journalism and the Avery O. Craven Award from the Organization of American Historians and was named a best nonfiction book by Bloomberg and the Daily Beast.