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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Slavery--Economic aspects--United States. Right of property--History.--United States