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Slavery, and How It Ended

The shipping records, the arithmetic, and the first modern campaign

The Middle Passage · Williams · Clarkson · 3 chapters · 11 min read

The shipping records, the arithmetic, and the first modern campaign.

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The Atlantic System

  1. 01A System Built Out of LedgersOn a system built out of shipping records, and what the records can and cannot show.
  2. 02Did It Pay, and What FollowsOn whether slavery paid, and what follows from the answer.
  3. 03The First Modern CampaignOn the first modern political campaign, and what it did and did not end.