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Title: Legacy, location, and labor: Accounting for racial differences in postbellum cotton production

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Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: Many postbellum southern farms specialized in cotton, but black-operated farms planted much larger shares of cotton than white-operated farms. This paper tests various explanations for the pattern of specialization using 1879 farm-specific data. We find that the cross-sectional racial variation in cotton share is largely explained by location and on-farm labor supply conditions, consequences of the legacy of slavery, rather than debt constraints.

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Authors: Canaday, Neil; Jeremski, Matthew

Periodical (Full): Explorations in Economic History

Issue: 3

Volume: 49

Pages: 291-302

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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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