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Author Schermerhorn, Calvin, 1975- author.

Title The business of slavery and the rise of American capitalism, 1815-1860 / Calvin Schermerhorn.

Publication Info. New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 336 pages.)
data file
Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Soul drivers, market makers -- "The most notorious of the Baltimore Negro-buyers" -- Sweet dreams and smuggling schemes -- Bank bonds and bondspersons -- "The slave-factory of Franklin & Armfield" -- Chains of violence -- Machines of empire -- Conclusion.
Summary "Focuses on networks of people, information, conveyances, and other resources and technologies that moved slave-based products from suppliers to buyers and users." (page 3) The book examines the credit and financial systems that grew up around trade in slaves and products made by slaves.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slave trade.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Slave traders -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slave traders.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Enslaved persons.
Social conditions.
Slavery -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Slavery -- Economic aspects.
Capitalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Capitalism.
Förenta staterna.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Schermerhorn, Calvin, 1975- Business of slavery and the rise of American capitalism, 1815-1860 9780300192001 (DLC) 2014036403 (OCoLC)890614581
ISBN 9780300213898 electronic book
0300213891 electronic book
9780300192001
0300192002