in brief... The long shadow of slavery

Luna Bellani, Anselm Hager and Stephan Maurer

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Abstract: The politics and economy of the antebellum American South were dominated by those who practiced forced enslavement. Research by Luna Bellani, Anselm Hager and Stephan Maurer, which examines a database of Texas legislators from 1860 to 1900, reveals that the power of slave-owners continued long after the Civil War.

Keywords: wealth inequality; elites and development; us south; intergenerational persistence; slavery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-03-01
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