Patterns in American History, Volume 1Alexander DeConde, Armin Rappaport, William R. Steckel |
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... labor relatively expen- sive and scarce ; and in an agricultural milieu such as this landowners were reluctant to employ labor in the manuring of exhausted fields to restore their fertility . The one - crop system prevailed throughout ...
... labor relatively expen- sive and scarce ; and in an agricultural milieu such as this landowners were reluctant to employ labor in the manuring of exhausted fields to restore their fertility . The one - crop system prevailed throughout ...
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... labor force has caused more confusion than anything else about the comparative cost of free and slave labor . This capital investment was not an added expense ; it was merely the payment in a lump sum of a portion of what the employer ...
... labor force has caused more confusion than anything else about the comparative cost of free and slave labor . This capital investment was not an added expense ; it was merely the payment in a lump sum of a portion of what the employer ...
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... labor shortage about which so many complained . The resulting rise in the capital value of slaves during the fifties cre- ated a deceptive picture of the Virginia slaveholder's plight , for inflated slave prices made him appear to be ...
... labor shortage about which so many complained . The resulting rise in the capital value of slaves during the fifties cre- ated a deceptive picture of the Virginia slaveholder's plight , for inflated slave prices made him appear to be ...
Contents
THE GEOGRAPHIC SETTING | 1 |
John B Brebner The Patterns of the Continent | 10 |
Semple The Rivers and the Appalachian Barrier | 17 |
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