Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program African Studies Program and the
Hofstra Cultural Center present
LECTURE and BOOK SIGNING with
EDWARD E. BAPTIST Associate Professor of History, Cornell University Author, The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 11:15 a.m.-12:40 p.m. (Common Hour) Guthart Cultural Center Theater Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism explores that process: the experience of the slave trades and forced migrations that drove expansion; the systems of labor that emerged; and the economic, political and cultural consequences for women, men and children.
FREE and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669 or visit hofstra.edu/LACS. 65649:2/16