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Just heard 2 outstanding papers at #SHEAR19 on slavery & statecraft in early US. Sean Gallagher (UC-Davis) showed how enslaved people who fled to British lines were captured & put to work in VA lead mines literally making ammunition for Patriots during American Revolution.On twitter.com
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Then, Ann Daly (Brown University) showed how the forced, skilled labor of enslaved women in GA gold mines literally helped make money (gold coins) for the federal government in early 19c. #SHEAR19Permalink On twitter.com
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Finally, Rashauna Johnson (Dartmouth) gave a comment noting the relevance of this research to debates on reparations, which are not just about what individual slaveholders might owe to the enslaved, but what the nation itself does. #SHEAR19Permalink On twitter.com
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