{"product_id":"9781613748237","title":"The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wide-ranging, powerful, alternative vision of the history of the United States and how the slave-breeding industry shaped it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe American Slave Coast\u003c\/i\u003e tells the horrific story of how the slavery business in the United States made the reproductive labor of “breeding women” essential to the expansion of the nation. The book shows how slaves’ children, and their children’s children, were human savings accounts that were the basis of money and credit. This was so deeply embedded in the economy of the slave states that it could only be decommissioned by Emancipation, achieved through the bloodiest war in the history of the United States.\u003ci\u003e The American Slave Coast\u003c\/i\u003e is an alternative history of the United States that presents the slavery business, as well as familiar historical figures and events, in a revealing new light.","brand":"Chicago Review Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134299947248,"sku":"9781613748237","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781613748237_p0.jpg?v=1763851729","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781613748237","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}