281 The Business of Slavery

We live in an age where big businesses track our shopping habits and in some cases our work habits. But is the age of data new? When did the “age of the spreadsheet” and quantification of habits develop?
 Caitlin Rosenthal, an Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley and the author of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management, leads us on an investigation into the origins of how American businesses came to collect and use data to manage their workers and their pursuit of profits. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/281 Complementary Episodes 🎧 Episode 137: Erica Dunbar, The Washingtons’ Runaway Slave, Ona Judge 🎧 Episode 140: Tamara Thornton, Nathaniel Bowditch: 19th-Century Man of Business 🎧 Episode 173: Marisa Fuentes, Colonial Port Cities & Slavery 🎧 Episode 176: Daina Ramey Berry, The Value of the Enslaved from Womb to Grave 🎧 Episode 253: Susan Clair Imbarrato, Life & Revolution in Boston & Grenada REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter 👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧 🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices