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The underground railroad from slavery to freedom

Siebert, Wilbur Henry - 1968

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The new history of capitalism and the methodologies of economic history

Geloso, Vincent; Glock, Judge - In: Essays in economic & business history : the journal of … 39 (2021), pp. 206-221

The rise of the "New History of Capitalism" as a subfield of historical studies has magnified differences between economists and historians which started to grow during the 1970s. We describe what is and what is not new about the New History of Capitalism and explain how the different...

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Does land abundance explain African institutions?

Fenske, James - 2009

, 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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Slavery, racial inequality, and education : historical slavery may be a driver of human capital and its unequal racial distribution, with implications for education and income ineq...

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015

Latin America up until the 19th century. However, the influence of slavery differs significantly across countries and …

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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015

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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