Would Slavery Have Survived Without the Civil War? Economic Factors in the American South During the Antebellum and Postbellum Eras

“How long could slavery have continued to yield adequate financial returns to owners, putting aside any benefits in terms of non-pecuniary factors, such as the consumption of power, prestige, or the love to domineer?”

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Published inSouthern cultures Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 66 - 90
Main Authors Coclanis, Peter A., Engerman, Stanley L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 22.06.2013
The University of North Carolina Press
Subjects
Antebellum period
Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil wars
Cotton
Crop economics
DEBATE
Economic development
Economic factors
Economic growth
History
Households
Per capita
Plantations
Politics
Population
Population growth
Slave ownership
Slavery
Slaves
Social aspects
United States history
Southern United States
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Summary:“How long could slavery have continued to yield adequate financial returns to owners, putting aside any benefits in terms of non-pecuniary factors, such as the consumption of power, prestige, or the love to domineer?”
ISSN:1068-8218
1534-1488
1534-1488
DOI:10.1353/scu.2013.0019