The black tax : 150 years of theft, exploitation, and dispossession in America / Andrew W. Kahrl.

Author/creator Kahrl, Andrew W., 1978- author.
Format Electronic
PublicationChicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.
Copyright Date©2024
Description1 online resource : illustrations, maps
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Contents Part I: Jim Crow's Fiscal Order. Unaccountable -- Across the Tracks -- Taken -- Part II: Black in the Metropolis. Captives -- Disservice -- Laboratories of Predation -- Part III: A Local Struggle. Citizens and Taxpayers -- Black Power/Local Power -- Emergency -- Part IV: Age of Revolts. Losing Hands -- On Our Own -- Horror Stories -- Part V: Neoliberalism at Home. Starved -- Charged -- Debt Pays.
Abstract "Andrew Kahrl's enraging national assessment of legal and financial dispossession proves that African Americans property owners have long been beset by racist practices, invisible obstacles, and hidden traps that leave them vulnerable to economic predation. Kahrl focuses specially on how property taxes have been used to swindle African Americans out of their land, with the cooperation of public officials and courts. These racist regimes fund and reinforce inequity, with blacks paying more in taxes than whites as they lose tremendous inheritable wealth to whites. There is something more fundamental than the "forty acres" of settlement lore: the taxes on them"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Biographical noteAndrew W. Kahrl is professor of history and African American studies at the University of Virginia.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 18, 2024).
Issued in other formPrint version: Kahrl, Andrew W., 1978- Black tax. Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2024 9780226730592
ISBN9780226730622 electronic book
ISBN022673062X electronic book
ISBNhardcover
Stock numberAF3B2EC1-5FE9-41EA-9788-4CBEE4D6087C OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

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