For this piece I animated the Confederate One Hundred Dollar Bill that depicted enslaved Black people working. I also composed and played music for the animation. The use of enslaved people was a critical part of the wealth of the Confederate States of America. Cotton sales in 1860 alone were 200 million dollars, which would equal 5 billion today.
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