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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... figure 16. Here each observation represents the average of all the prices for a given age . Figures 15 and 16 also display the curve , or profile , that best describes the relationship between price > and age . What explains the age ...
... figure 16. Here each observation represents the average of all the prices for a given age . Figures 15 and 16 also display the curve , or profile , that best describes the relationship between price > and age . What explains the age ...
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... figure 29. It shows that far from falling , the prices of slaves would have risen . Indeed the average annual rate of increase between 1860 and 1890 would have been 1.4 percent , a figure slightly lower than the prewar trend of growth ...
... figure 29. It shows that far from falling , the prices of slaves would have risen . Indeed the average annual rate of increase between 1860 and 1890 would have been 1.4 percent , a figure slightly lower than the prewar trend of growth ...
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... Figure 35 The Distribution of Slaves on Large Plantations , by Persons per Slave House , 1860 30 20 Percent 10 0 2 3 6 7 8 or More results shown in figure 34. The slave diet was not. 4 5 Slaves per House. Figure 34.
... Figure 35 The Distribution of Slaves on Large Plantations , by Persons per Slave House , 1860 30 20 Percent 10 0 2 3 6 7 8 or More results shown in figure 34. The slave diet was not. 4 5 Slaves per House. Figure 34.
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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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