The 1619 Project

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Mehrsa Baradaran
Mortgaging the Future: The North-South rift led to a piecemeal system of bank regulation -- with dangerous consequences (p. 32)

Mehrsa Baradaran
Good as Gold: In Lincoln's wartime ''greenbacks,'' a preview of the 20th-century rise of fiat currency (p.35)

Mehrsa Baradaran
Fabric of Modernity: How Southern cotton became the cornerstone of a new global commodities trade (p.36)
 

Tiya Miles
Municipal Bonds: How Slavery Built Wall Street (p. 40)

Tiya Miles
Pecan Pioneer: The Enslaved Man Who Cultivated the South's Favorite Nut (p.76)

Anne C. Bailey and Dannielle Bowman (photograph)
Shadow of the Past (p. 98)