Slavery and American economic development

Wright, Gavin.

Slavery and American economic development [electronic resource] / Gavin Wright. - Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2006. - x, 162 p. : ill., maps. - Walter Lynwood Fleming lectures in southern history .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : what was slavery? -- Slavery, geography, and commerce -- Property and progress in antebellum America -- Property rights, productivity, and slavery -- Epilogue : the legacy of slavery.


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Slavery--Economic aspects--United States.
Right of property--History.--United States


United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.


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