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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... decade following the close of the American Revolution . Ramsdell located the other in the decade preceding the Civil War . Phillips based his case on scattered reports by planters who spoke of hard times . “ Slave prices everywhere he ...
... decade following the close of the American Revolution . Ramsdell located the other in the decade preceding the Civil War . Phillips based his case on scattered reports by planters who spoke of hard times . “ Slave prices everywhere he ...
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... decade . Between 1784 and 1794 slave prices averaged 89 percent of their preRevolutionary level . There was an additional drop of about 5 percent between 1794 and 1795. But this slide was abruptly reversed in 1798 . Furthermore ...
... decade . Between 1784 and 1794 slave prices averaged 89 percent of their preRevolutionary level . There was an additional drop of about 5 percent between 1794 and 1795. But this slide was abruptly reversed in 1798 . Furthermore ...
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... decade of the 1830s , in New Orleans during the decade of the 1840s , and in Baltimore and Charleston during the 1850s . In all other decades these four cities experienced an increasing demand for slaves ; the remaining six cities ...
... decade of the 1830s , in New Orleans during the decade of the 1840s , and in Baltimore and Charleston during the 1850s . In all other decades these four cities experienced an increasing demand for slaves ; the remaining six cities ...
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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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Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Time On The Cross: The Economics Of American Negro Slavery, Volumen 1 Robert William Fogel,Stanley L Engerman Vista previa restringida - 1995 |
Time On The Cross: The Economics Of American Negro Slavery Robert William Fogel,Stanley L Engerman No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1995 |
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