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Reckoning with Slavery: A Critical Study in the Quantitative History of American Negro Life
Was American slavery as profitable and productive as Time on the Cross claims, and what does a closer look at the evidence show?
At a glance
- Author
- David, Paul A., Gutman, Herbert G., Sutch, Richard, Temin, Peter, Wright, Gavin
Why read it
- You will weigh the evidence on slave diet, where the critics find the old view of a crude, monotonous ration still stands
- You will understand why a child sold away should count as a broken family, not only a marriage ending
- You will learn how large the forced movement of enslaved people was, which the authors call one of the greatest in world history
Who it is for
- Economics student curious how historians use numbers
- Reader of American history who has met Time on the Cross
- Teacher preparing to discuss slavery with evidence
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