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Slave Labor Productivity

Slave Labor Productivity is an academic construct that measures the economic output generated per unit of labor input within plantation slavery systems, distinguished by its focus on the efficiency and intensity of enslaved workers' labor as a function of coercion, management practices, and systemic exploitation.

69

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3.7K

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84

Authors

27

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

69

The Economics of Slavery in the Ante Bellum South

Alfred H. Conrad, John R. Meyer · Journal of Political Economy · 1958 · 385 citations

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Slavery and Human Progress

Ralph A. Austen, David Brion Davis · The American Historical Review · 1985 · 235 citations

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Slavery and American Economic Development

T. Wayne Downey · Journal of American History · 2007 · 177 citations

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Real Slave Prices and the Relative Cost of Slave Labor in the Greco-Roman World

Walter Scheidel · Ancient Society · 2005 · 151 citations

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An Economic Analysis of Slavery

Yoram Barzel · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1977 · 133 citations

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Authors

84

  1. IB
    Irā Berlin

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    6 publications · 337 citations

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  2. PD
    Philip D. Morgan

    University of Mississippi, United States

    6 publications · 337 citations

    6

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  3. DR
    David Richardson

    Duke University, United States

    5 publications · 244 citations

    5

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  4. DE
    David Eltis

    Queen's University, Canada

    4 publications · 205 citations

    4

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  5. DB
    David Brion Davis

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    4 publications · 436 citations

    4

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Institutions

27

  1. University of Hull

    Hull, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    255 citations

  2. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    155 citations

  3. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    55 citations

  4. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    132 citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    55 citations

  6. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    51 citations

  7. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    139 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of American History

    6 publications · 540 citations

    6

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  2. The Journal of Southern History

    5 publications · 133 citations

    5

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  3. The Journal of Economic History

    4 publications · 167 citations

    4

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  4. The Economic History Review

    4 publications · 172 citations

    4

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  5. Journal of Political Economy

    JPE · 4 publications · 439 citations

    4

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