Srinagar, Dec. 2 -- When we talk about capitalism today, we often think of markets, industries, banks, and global trade. What is less acknowledged is that the roots of this system were deeply connected to slavery. During the 19th and even into the 20th century, slavery was not just a moral crime; it was an economic engine that helped build the modern world.

The Industrial Revolution Was Built on Slave-Produced Cotton:

In the 1800s, the global economy revolved around cotton. By the middle of the century, the American South supplied almost 80 percent of the world's cotton, grown almost entirely by enslaved African Americans. This cotton powered the textile mills of Britain, France, and the northern United States; industries that were at t...