Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History …
Tom Watson, the Populist leader of Georgia, pleaded for racial unity: You are kept apart that you may be separately fleeced of your earnings. You are made to hate each other because upon that hatred is rested the keystone of the arch of financial despotism which enslaves you both. You are deceived and blinded that you may not see how this race antagonism perpetuates a monetary system which beggars both.