Written by John Lounsbury
The relationships between slavery and the development of capitalism are complex and now appear to diverge substantially from from what has been considered to be true in earlier centuries. In the 21st century widespread agreement is being developed that the use of slavery and the long-term profitability of capitalism were incompatible.
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This documentary is the 2019 Tawney Lecture of the Economic History Society by Gavin Wright.
From Wikipedia:
Gavin Wright (born 1943) is an economic historian and the William Robertson Coe Professor of American economic history at Stanford University. He received his B.A from Swarthmore College and his Ph.D. with distinction from Yale University.[1] He has taught at that institution, the University of Michigan, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Cambridge, and Oxford University.
Wright has published nine books and dozens of scholarly articles. Most of his research has focused on the economics of U.S. Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement.
A recent article discussing this topic is Slavery And The History Of US Economic Growth by @TimothyTTaylor
This video is 1 hour in length.
Source: Economic History Society
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