Debating slavery : economy and society in the antebellum American South / prepared for the Economic History Society by Mark M. Smith.

Even while slavery existed, Americans debated the subject. Was it a profitable and healthy institution? If so, for whom? The abolition of slavery in 1865 did not end this debate. Mark Smith outlines the main contours of this subject.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Smith, Mark M. (Mark Michael), 1968-
Corporate Author: Economic History Society
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Series:New studies in economic and social history.
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