Scholar. Performer. Self Proclaimed Foodie. Lover. Fighter. Texan. Educator. Please call me doctor, I have the degrees and the debt for the title, kthanks.
From 1619 to 1865, the US benefited from over 222 million hours of unpaid, dehumanizing, forced labor by enslaved black people per scholars. This labor- primarily the production of tobacco, rice, sugar, and cotton- would be valued at over $97 trillion today. Built off the backs.