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Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Making of White Power and Wealth

Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Making of White Power and Wealth

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  • Create Date：2022-04-08 10:21:38
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Clyde W Ford
  • ISBN：006303851X
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Reviews

Mark Chimel ，

This book was a bit different than I expected and took a while to get started for that reason。 However， once I really dove in it proved to be a very strong addition to this area of non-fiction。 I was expecting something like The 1619 Project， but this reads more like a history textbook than that。 It looks at similar seems， but spends much more time on the historical time periods when men and women were enslaved and brought to the Americas。 In that sense， I actually felt that it was a very strong This book was a bit different than I expected and took a while to get started for that reason。 However， once I really dove in it proved to be a very strong addition to this area of non-fiction。 I was expecting something like The 1619 Project， but this reads more like a history textbook than that。 It looks at similar seems， but spends much more time on the historical time periods when men and women were enslaved and brought to the Americas。 In that sense， I actually felt that it was a very strong companion piece to The 1619 Project。 Both books focus on the same overarching themes yet cover different ground and unique insights。 I think this time period in history is very rarely discussed from the perspective of this book and I learned a lot throughout。 I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who has read The 1619 Project or These Truths， and even those who have not。*I received an eARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more

Carolyn ，

Of Blood and Sweat shows how white wealth and power in America was built on the literal backs of Black labor。 While many can easily see how agriculture was impacted by slavery， what might not be as clear is that every system can trace it's roots to this despicable time in our history。 From banking to insurance to policing and beyond， Ford maps the trail in detail。 This book covers the time period from 1619， when the first slaves arrived in Jamestown， to the end of Reconstruction。 He focuses on t Of Blood and Sweat shows how white wealth and power in America was built on the literal backs of Black labor。 While many can easily see how agriculture was impacted by slavery， what might not be as clear is that every system can trace it's roots to this despicable time in our history。 From banking to insurance to policing and beyond， Ford maps the trail in detail。 This book covers the time period from 1619， when the first slaves arrived in Jamestown， to the end of Reconstruction。 He focuses on this time frame because this is when America was developing the policies， laws， and economics that shaped our nation。 He considers this work to be Part 1 in an ongoing story。 Of Blood and Sweat should be required reading in school， right alongside Caste by Isabel Wilkerson。 America may have made some progress since slavery， but we still have so much farther to go。 4。5 stars 。。。more