Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin, which easily separated cotton fiber from its seeds, was merely a motor for a global economic machine. Slavery was its fuel. Many stakeholders ...

The new slavery is a shameful mark on our country’s pretenses to respect for human rights and the dignity of every human ...

Artifacts housed in the Barbados Museum, such as branding irons and iron shackles, serve as stark reminders of this harrowing ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 36, No. 2, Spring 2022 Slavery and the Rise of the ...

Overview: This activity guide focuses on the economic implications of forced labor, both in the past and in the present. Students will examine the history of peonage prior to the twentieth century.

Hoping to become Trump's VP pick, Republican Congressperson from Florida Byron Donalds described slavery as an economic boon and good for the enslaved. Economists suggest he review ethics ...

Dr Mohamed Saleh, Associate Professor of Economic History at LSE, explains: “The trans-Saharan slave trade was far smaller than the transatlantic slave trade, but it was a much older institution and ...

However, by the end of the 18th century the slave trade had become less important in economic terms. It has been argued that only a small percentage of the profits from the slave trade were ...

Most of the slavery precedents concern how property rights were protected by the U.S. Constitution, which was written by wealthy property owners in an era when much of the young nation’s economy was ...

Anne Ruderman’s discovery of documents from a slave ship has shed new light on the way the industry operated, revealing more about the economics of this very specific market and providing a greater ...

DAVID OLUSOGA:'These are Britain's forgotten slave owners.' DAVID OLUSOGA:'By the mid-18th Century, as slave owners in the Caribbean became increasingly wealthy from their sugar plantations ...