1. Economics of American Negro Slavery
Time On The Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman's book Time on the Cross, analyzes the Southern economy before and after the Civil War. ... The fact that slaves were well represented in the crafts is quite surprising, but after the civil war the amount of slaves in the skilled crafts had dropped significantly. ... But by 1820, the percentage was about a third and on the eve of the Civil War, the percentage was just over 15%. ... Others like Phillips claimed that if the Civil War had never occurred, slavery would have crushed itself under...
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