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Kahrl, Andrew W. The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America

Dania V. Francis

University of Massachusetts Boston

Journal of Economic Literature 2025

Dania V. Francis of University of Massachusetts Boston reviews “The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America” by Andrew W. Kahrl. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Discusses the history of racialized tax structures and the predatory practices that flourished within them in the United States, tracing these structures and practices from the Reconstruction through the first two decades of the twenty-first century.”

DOI
10.1257/jel.63.2.693.r4
Volume
63 (2)
Pages
699-701
Language
en
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