Tag Archives: Economics

Commentary from the Bookshelves—The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved from Womb to Grave in the Building of the Nation by Daina Ramey Berry

Posted on July 19, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Mark Harnitchek… The Price for Their Pound of Flesh puts, front and center, the tension between the internal value of enslaved human souls and their external monetary value as the property of their … Continue reading →

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The Paradox of the Lost Cause: Part II

Posted on May 12, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest contributor Adam Burke…[see Part I here] Slavery’s effects on Southern industry and manufacturing devastated the Confederacy’s military manpower capacity. The antebellum North enjoyed dramatic economic and population expansion. From 1840 to 1850, population growth … Continue reading →

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The Paradox of the Lost Cause: Part I

Posted on May 11, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome guest contributor Adam Burke… Tucked into the nook of a large brick building in historic Harpers Ferry is a conspicuous granite monolith. It stands along Potomac Street, a lesser traveled street one block … Continue reading →

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