| Title:
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THE SLAVES' ECONOMY
INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION BY SLAVES IN THE AMERICAS |
| By: |
Ira Berlin, Philip D. Morgan |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£90.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0714634360 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780714634364 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 1995 |
| Pages: |
213 |
| Description: |
Slaves achieved a degree of economic independence, producing food, cash crops, livestock, manufacturing furnished goods, marketing their own products, saving the proceeds and bequeathing property to their descendants. This volume contends that the legacy of slavery cannot be understood without a full appreciation of the slaves' economy. |
| Synopsis: |
Slaves achieved a degree of economic independence, producing food, tending cash crops, raising livestock, manufacturing furnished goods, marketing their own products, consuming and saving the proceeds and bequeathing property to their descendants. The editors of this volume contend that the legacy of slavery cannot be understood without a full appreciation of the slaves' economy. |
| Illustrations: |
Plans transparencies :Includes index |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Frank Cass Publishers |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |