The US South's Elites Have Kept the Region Poor and Underdeveloped / Keri Leigh Merritt

The US South's Elites Have Kept the Region Poor and Underdeveloped / Keri Leigh Merritt

Keri Leigh Merritt returns to discuss her Aeon article, "The southern gap: In the American South, an oligarchy of planters enriched itself through slavery. Pervasive underdevelopment is their legacy." "Rotten History" follows the interview.

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