Slave prices from succession and bankruptcy sales in Mauritius, 1825-1827

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-442

  Chenny, Shirley ^a   St Amour, Pascal ^b   Vencatachellum, Désiré ^b  

^a Pulp and Paper Research Center   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mauritius; Slave price; Slavery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242371115     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4983(03)00041-X     Document Type: Article

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