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1619 Podcast: all episodes' AI transcripts and summaries

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Description: In August of 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. America was not yet America, but this was the moment it began. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed. On the 400th anniversary of this fateful moment, it is time to tell the story. “1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from

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Episode 2: The Economy That Slavery Built AI transcript and summary - episode of podcast 1619

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Episode: Episode 2: The Economy That Slavery Built​

Episode 2: The Economy That Slavery Built

Author: The New York Times
Duration: 00:31:55

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The institution of slavery turned a poor, fledgling nation into a financial powerhouse, and the cotton plantation was America’s first big business. Behind the system, and built into it, was the whip. On today’s episode: Matthew Desmond, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the author of

“Evicted,” and Jesmyn Ward, the author of “Sing, Unburied, Sing.”“1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.This episode includes scenes of graphic violence. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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Episode 2 of the "1619" podcast, hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, delves into how slavery transformed America into an economic powerhouse, centered around cotton production. The narrative interweaves personal family histories with the brutal realities of slavery as the backbone of this growth. The introduction of the cotton gin significantly increased the need for enslaved labor, resulting in a complex plantation management structure akin to modern corporations, driven by violence and market demands. The episode also discusses the financial mechanisms exploiting enslaved individuals, asserting that the combined value of enslaved workers eclipsed that of contemporary railroads and factories, linking these historical practices to ongoing patterns in American capitalism.

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00:00:00 Speaker_04
Seven years after my dad died, I went to the place he was born for the first time.

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My dad was born on a cotton plantation in Greenwood, Mississippi, where his family were sharecroppers in the same field that enslaved people had picked cotton for generations and generations before.

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Every year our family would go on family vacations and we would go on family reunions, but we would never go to the place of my dad's birth. It wasn't a place that he really wanted to take us to or a place that he wanted to return.

Episode 1: The Fight for a True Democracy AI transcript and summary - episode of podcast 1619

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Episode: Episode 1: The Fight for a True Democracy​

Episode 1: The Fight for a True Democracy

Author: The New York Times
Duration: 00:41:47

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America was founded on the ideal of democracy. Black people fought to make it one.“1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.This episode includes scenes of graphic violence. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and

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00:00:03 Speaker_12
quiet out here, the seagulls. The sun is warm but it's not too humid. It's actually kind of a great day for fishing. That's why it sticks. What does it smell like? Smells like dead fish. Smells like the water. What is going through your head right now?

00:00:38 Speaker_12
I don't know. Thinking about what they went through. I don't know. I just wonder a lot what it was like. They say our people were born on the water. When it occurred, no one can say for certain.

00:01:18 Speaker_12
Perhaps it was in the second week, or the third, but surely by the fourth, when they had not seen their land, or any land, for so many days that they lost count.