Self-interest, Slavery, and the Exploitation of Elderly Slaves in the American South.

In this article, I show how the self-serving economic worldview of enslavers—and their belief that aging was a process of inexorable physical loss—motivated them to sell or abandon enslaved people as they grew older. It seeks to diversify our understanding of the exploitative character of American s...

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Publicado en:Journal of Social History Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 401 - 424
Autor principal: Doddington, David S
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Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Spring2025
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