Manumission in nineteenth-century Virginia

Cliometrica

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-164

  Bodenhorn, Howard ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed race slaves; Principal agent problem; Slavery

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955526381     PISSN: 18632505     EISSN: 18632513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11698-010-0056-x     Document Type: Article

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