Author : Ira Berlin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113519033X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Slaves' Economy by : Ira Berlin
Download or read book The Slaves' Economy written by Ira Berlin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.