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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... census of 1860 , which included a count of slave houses . These census data show that on average there were 5.2 slaves per house on large plantations . The number of persons per free household in 1860 was 5.3 . Thus , like free men ...
... census of 1860 , which included a count of slave houses . These census data show that on average there were 5.2 slaves per house on large plantations . The number of persons per free household in 1860 was 5.3 . Thus , like free men ...
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... census manuscripts clearly invalidates this assumption . Only 30 percent of plantations with one hundred or more slaves employed white overseers . On smaller plantations the proportion was even lower . It might be thought that on many ...
... census manuscripts clearly invalidates this assumption . Only 30 percent of plantations with one hundred or more slaves employed white overseers . On smaller plantations the proportion was even lower . It might be thought that on many ...
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... census years between 1840 and 1860 , which was launched in the early 1950s , is still going on today . Table 4 presents the regional income estimates which have now been in use for about half a decade . A recent paper has suggested that ...
... census years between 1840 and 1860 , which was launched in the early 1950s , is still going on today . Table 4 presents the regional income estimates which have now been in use for about half a decade . A recent paper has suggested that ...
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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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