For The Slavery\Civil War\Reconstruction Buff In You - Ta-Nehisi Coates

For The Slavery\Civil War\Reconstruction Buff In You - Ta-Nehisi Coates:

"I don't say this to be provocative, but there is no way to get around this--Slavery was big business. The antebellum Southern economy didn't have slavery as an unfortunate appendage--it was it's trunk, not a branch. We're not even talking about the damage done to the slaves themselves. "

(Via Ta-Nehisi Coates.)

Great, great post. Why I read this blog religiously.