Book contents
- Never Together
- Studies in New Economic Thinking
- Never Together
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I The Nineteenth Century
- Chapter 1 Slavery and the Civil War
- Chapter 2 Reconstruction
- Chapter 3 The Gilded Age and Jim Crow Laws
- Part II The Twentieth Century
- Part III The Twenty-First Century
- References
- Index
Chapter 1 - Slavery and the Civil War
from Part I - The Nineteenth Century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2022
- Never Together
- Studies in New Economic Thinking
- Never Together
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I The Nineteenth Century
- Chapter 1 Slavery and the Civil War
- Chapter 2 Reconstruction
- Chapter 3 The Gilded Age and Jim Crow Laws
- Part II The Twentieth Century
- Part III The Twenty-First Century
- References
- Index
Summary
The book opens with a chapter on slavery, starting with the absence of Blacks from “we the people” in the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. The American Revolution led to the Constitution, and Hamilton’s reports were vital to the new country. They set the basis for the Louisiana Purchase and the Missouri Compromise. Cotton agriculture in the South and manufacture in the North contributed to economic growth. The 1837 banking crisis interrupted this progress and further compromises over slavery in new states set the stage for the Civil War. Time on the Cross is examined to illustrate the role of Blacks and how hard it is to write about it.
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- Never TogetherThe Economic History of a Segregated America, pp. 9 - 53Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022