Slavery and American Economic Development

The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography | January 1, 2008| | Copyright

Slavery and American Economic Development * Gavin Wright * Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006 * xii, 162 pp. * $25.00

Gavin Wright is one of the foremost scholars of the Souths slave economy. Slavery and American Economic Development might be thought of as a summation of Wright's key insights, but the book is far more than a reworking of older ideas. It extends Wright's emphasis on slavery as a unique form of property rights in bold directions. Although recognizing that slavery can be analyzed from multiple perspectives, Wright insists on the fundamental importance of a ...

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