Patrick Byrne

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

In an act of remarkable scholarship, WEB Du Bois first calculated that 320,000 number. A century later, Harvard's Chair of African American Studies Dr. Henry Louis Gates (@HenryLouisGates) revisited the work of Du Bois, and discovered it had been stunningly accurate Du Bois. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 14, 2023

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Of the 10.5 million sent to the New World: 6 million came to what became Brazil; 320,000 - 350,000 came to what became the USA. The other roughly 4 million were scattered across the rest of the Caribbean and Americas. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 14, 2023

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At the time of the American Revolution, slavery was responsible for .5% of GDP. But with the invention of the "Cotton 'gin" (1793), slavery became much more profitable, and hence began robust growth. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 14, 2023