David Montero is a journalist and producer. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, Harvard Business Review, and more. He is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships. His first book was Kickback: Exposing the Global Corporate Bribery Network.

Michael Eric Dyson (Foreword) is Distinguished University Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies at Vanderbilt University and author of 25 books, including 7 New York Times bestsellers, among them Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America.

"What sets The Stolen Wealth of Slavery apart from other texts is the rare perspective it provides on the roles banking, money laundering, and wealth creation played in nation building, implicating some of today's most influential global financial institutions. The book sheds light on the vast amount of capital that laid the foundation for Wall Street as we know it today."
--Waverly Duck, urban sociologist and author of Tacit Racism and No Way Out

"David Montero has crafted a meticulously researched work that traces how American financial institutions during their early years benefitted greatly from the transatlantic slave trade. An eye-opening read that will leave your perspective on US history forever changed."--New York Times bestselling author Karen Abbott

"The appeal, and persuasion, and, really, the moral elegance of what Montero offers is that he names the names of individuals and corporations that made their wealth off of Black muscle and acknowledges the pioneering work of Black folk, especially Black women, in the fight for reparation. It is all so remarkable, so powerful, and so eloquently stated." --New York Times bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson

"A sharp account of the massive wealth extracted from enslaved people in America....An expert history and defense of the reparations movement that will hopefully persuade detractors....Perhaps this book, featuring a foreword by Michael Eric Dyson, can invigorate the movement."

"An unsparing account of the untold billions of dollars, ill-gotten over centuries from the labors of American enslaved people. Montero's fulsome investigation limns the deep and multiple connections between southern plantations and northern boardrooms, while also citing current research into the topic as well as public acknowledgements and apologies...A book both appalling for what it reveals of America's deliberately hidden past and hopeful for the light now being thrown on the issue."--Booklist (Starred Review)

"The common story is of the sins of the South in holding people in bondage, but the story Montero tells is of how the entire country was complicit during enslavement and how fortunes built on enslavement persist." --Library Journal

"Searing, meticulous history... In following the massive wealth created by enslaved people in earlier centuries into our own, the author makes a compelling argument for reparations."--Christian Science Monitor