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Would Slavery Have Survived Without the Civil War?: Economic Factors in the American South During the Antebellum and Postbellum Eras
- Southern Cultures
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Volume 19, Number 2, Summer 2013
- pp. 66-90
- 10.1353/scu.2013.0019
- Article
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“How long could slavery have continued to yield adequate financial returns to owners, putting aside any benefits in terms of non-pecuniary factors, such as the consumption of power, prestige, or the love to domineer?”