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The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic,...
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distinguish between the case of Latin America and that of the USA. Overall, I show that the slave trades exert a lasting impact …
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"A sweeping new history that reveals how British, African, and American merchants developed the transatlantic slave trade This is a landmark study given its clear status as easily the best researched and most comprehensive book on the British slave trade to date. -David Eltis, coauthor of Atlas...
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, slavery, and polygyny. I then use crosssectional data on pre-colonial African societies to demonstrate that, consistent with … the model, the existence of land rights, slavery, and polygyny occurred in those parts of Africa that were the most …
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