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b'Today on \\u201cThe Daily,\\u201d we present Episode 2 of \\u201c1619,\\u201d a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at\\xa0nytimes.com/1619podcast.\\n\\nThe institution of slavery turned a poor, fledgling nation into a financial powerhouse, and the cotton plantation was America\\u2019s first big business. Behind the system, and built into it, was the whip. Guests: Matthew Desmond, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the author of \\u201cEvicted,\\u201d and Jesmyn Ward, the author of \\u201cSing, Unburied, Sing.\\u201d\\n\\nThis episode includes scenes of graphic violence.\\n\\nBackground reading:\\u201cAs the large slave-labor camps grew increasingly efficient, enslaved black people became America\\u2019s first modern workers,\\u201d\\xa0Matthew Desmond writes.The \\u201c1619\\u201d audio series is part of The 1619 Project, a major initiative from The Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery.\\xa0Read more from the project here.'