Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery, Volumen 1University Press of America, 1984 - 286 páginas This book, originally published in 1974 by Little, Brown and Company, is a sweeping reexamination of the economic foundations of American Negro slavery. Based upon a vast research effort, this volume constitutes an entirely new portrayal of slavery's past. It challenges traditional assumptions about the material condition and management of slaves, their work habits, domestic welfare, and the economy of the antebellum South in general |
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... Caribbean . Even more striking are the differences of the ratios of Negro to total population among the colonies . As early as 1650 , Negroes formed 25 percent of the population in the British Caribbean . By 1770 the ratio stood at 91 ...
... Caribbean . Even more striking are the differences of the ratios of Negro to total population among the colonies . As early as 1650 , Negroes formed 25 percent of the population in the British Caribbean . By 1770 the ratio stood at 91 ...
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... Caribbean counterparts ? To Americans who have a penchant for finding the silver linings of clouds , it is tempting to cast the explanation in terms of the relative humaneness of the treatment of slaves in the U.S. colonies . While ...
... Caribbean counterparts ? To Americans who have a penchant for finding the silver linings of clouds , it is tempting to cast the explanation in terms of the relative humaneness of the treatment of slaves in the U.S. colonies . While ...
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... Caribbean French Caribbean Spanish America Dutch , Danish , and Swedish Caribbean Figure 9 The Distribution of Slaves in the Western Hemisphere , 1825 United States 36 % Dutch , Danish , and Swedish Caribbean 2 % Brazil 31 % French ...
... Caribbean French Caribbean Spanish America Dutch , Danish , and Swedish Caribbean Figure 9 The Distribution of Slaves in the Western Hemisphere , 1825 United States 36 % Dutch , Danish , and Swedish Caribbean 2 % Brazil 31 % French ...
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Prologue Slavery and the Cliometric Revolution | 3 |
One The International Context of U S Slavery | 13 |
Four The Anatomy of Exploitation | 107 |
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Time On The Cross: The Economics Of American Negro Slavery, Volumen 1 Robert William Fogel,Stanley L Engerman Vista previa restringida - 1995 |
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