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Summer Lee: Would you assume just that that was a great contributor to the wealth of the nation?

On the recordNovember 13, 2019
Would you assume just that that was a great contributor to the wealth of the nation?
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Asking about the economic impact of unpaid labor during slavery.

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