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Title: Reversal of Culture: Slavery and the Rise and Fall of Individualism in the US South

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Publication Year: 2022

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Abstract: This study explores the cultural legacy of slavery in the US South. I suggest the hypothesis that historical slave concentration fostered collectivism through post-Reconstruction policies, which strengthened group identification based on race. Consistent with this proposition, county-level evidence indicates the emergence of a negative link between slavery and individualism after Reconstruction. Beyond temporal coincidence , I use historical data on anti-enticement laws to examine the institutional mechanism of cultural change. Border-county analysis substantiates that the selective application of post-Reconstruction policies produced the relationship between slavery and collectivist culture.

Url: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3966796

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Authors: Jung, Yeonha

Publisher: Sungkyunkwan University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Race and Ethnicity

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