Without Consent Or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American SlaveryW. W. Norton & Company, 1994 - 539 pages 'Robert William Fogel's exceedingly careful testing of all possible sources and his pioneering methodological approach have allowed him both to increase our knowledge of an institution's operation and disintegration and to renew our methods of research.' --from the citation to Robert William Fogel for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences |
Contents
Discoveries and Dilemmas | 9 |
THE IDEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL CAMPAIGN | 199 |
From the Revolution | 238 |
Breaching | 281 |
Forging a Victorious | 320 |
The Moral Problem of Slavery | 388 |
Acknowledgments | 418 |
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Other editions - View all
Without Consent Or Contract: Evidence and Methods Robert William Fogel,Ralph A. Galantine,Richard L. Manning No preview available - 1992 |
Without Consent Or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery ... Nicholas Scott Cardell No preview available - 1992 |
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