Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Southern slaveholder households in 1860 lost substantially more wealth by 1870 than comparable Southern households. Yet, their sons almost entirely recovered from this wealth shock by 1900 & their grandsons completely converged by 1940. Reason: Marriage networks & connections to other elite families


https://ift.tt/3vO0mOT via /r/science https://ift.tt/3CoeYae

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