Slavery and American economic development
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E441 .W83 2006
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x, 162 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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9780807131831

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-151) and index.
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"Through an original analysis of slavery as an economic institution, Gavin Wright presents a fresh look a the economic divergence between North and South in the antebellum era. Wright draws a distinction between slavery as a form of work organization (the aspect that has dominated historical debates) and slavery as a set of property rights. Slaves could be purchased and carried to any location where slavery was legal; they could be assigned to any task regardless of gender or age; they could be punished for disobedience, with no effective recourse to the law; they could be accumulated as a form of wealth; they could be sold or bequeathed.
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Wright argues that slave-based commerce was central to the eighteenth-century rise of the Atlantic economy, not because slave plantations were superior as a method of organizing production, but because slaves could be put to work on sugar plantations that could not have attracted free labor on economically viable terms"--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Wright, G. (2006). Slavery and American economic development . Louisiana State University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wright, Gavin, 1943-. 2006. Slavery and American Economic Development. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wright, Gavin, 1943-. Slavery and American Economic Development Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Wright, G. (2006). Slavery and american economic development. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Wright, Gavin. Slavery and American Economic Development Louisiana State University Press, 2006.

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