https://aeon.co/essays/capitalism-and-underdevelopment-in-the-american-south?ut… Created Tue, 02/04/2024 - 21:00 Updated Tue, 02/04/2024 - 21:00 In the American South, an oligarchy of planters enriched itself through slavery. Pervasive underdevelopment is their legacy - by Keri Leigh Merritt Read at Aeon
