The Legacies of Slavery in and out of Africa

Graziella Bertocchi ()

Center for Economic Research (RECent) from University of Modena and Reggio E., Dept. of Economics "Marco Biagi"

Abstract: The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper I illustrate their long-term consequences on contemporaneous socio-economic outcomes, drawing from my own previous work on the topic and from an extensive review of the available literature. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the “sending” countries in Africa, with attention to their economic, institutional, demographic, and social implications. Next I evaluate the consequences of the slave trade on the “receiving” countries in the Americas. Here I distinguish between the case of Latin America and that of the United States. Overall, I show that the slave trades exert a lasting impact along several contemporaneous socio-economic dimensions and across diverse areas of the world.

Keywords: slavery; development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages 34
Date: 2016-11
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Journal Article: The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa (2016)
Working Paper: The Legacies of Slavery in and out of Africa (2016)
Working Paper: The Legacies of Slavery in and out of Africa (2015)
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