The Economics of African American Slavery: The Cliometrics Debate

Richard C. Sutch

No 25197, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This working paper explores the significant contributions to the history of African-American slavery made by the application of the tools of cliometrics. As used here “cliometrics” is defined as a method of scientific analysis marked by the explicit use of economic theory and quantitative methods. American slavery of the late antebellum period [1840-1860] was one of the earliest topics that cliometricians focused on and, arguably, the topic upon which they made the largest impact.

JEL-codes: J0 J43 J61 J81 N11 N21 N31 N51 N92 P10 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-10
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