NRO: How the 1619 Project Rehabilitates the ‘King Cotton’ Thesis

Sharecropper Sam Williams with family members and laborers in cotton field (1907). Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/1619-project-new-york-times-king-cotton-thesis/

This NRO analysis bears on a recent discussion here at Tidewater Forum where the discussants disagreed on the economics of slavery in America.

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HearSay to address Pilot’s new commenting policy

FYI from the HearSay with Cathy  Lewis Facebook page:

The Virginian-Pilot‘s sale to Tribune Publishing has brought many changes – including the deletion of the comment section on its articles.

“What was your reaction to this decision? Do you find value in comment sections?

“We’ll talk to Chris Wolf, co-author of “Viral Hate: Containing Its Spread on the Internet,” as well as author, editor and journalist Andrew Losowsky who has written about the importance of the comment section.”

HearSay airs from noon to 1 p.m. on 89.5 FM. It is usually archived on the WHRV website within a few hours.