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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.