Download This PaperSlavery, Amenities, and Factor Price Equalization: A Note on Migration and Freedom
7 Pages Posted: 19 Sep 2010
Date Written: April 1, 1983
Abstract
The paper examines the role of self-ownership versus other ownership of labor with implications for the interpretation of the historical evidence regarding timing of black migration from the South to the North after emancipation.
Keywords: Slavery, amenities, factor price equalization, black migration, emancipation
JEL Classification: N00, N31, N32, N41, N91, N92
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Graves, Philip E. and Sexton, Robert L. and Vedder, Richard K., Slavery, Amenities, and Factor Price Equalization: A Note on Migration and Freedom (April 1, 1983). Explorations in Economic History, Vol. 20, p. 156, 1983, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1679222
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