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Debt, investment, slaves : credit relations in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, 1825-1885 /

A thorough survey of parish mortgage records and other manuscript collections led to the conclusion that most credit relationships, collateralized and uncollateralized, were grounded in slave property as opposed to land or other forms of wealth. Uncollateralized debt was directly dependent on the re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kilbourne, Richard Holcombe
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1995.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Introduction; 1. The Origins of the Antebellum Credit System: The Accommodation Endorser; 2. The Emergence of Factors as Investment Bankers; 3. Securing Antebellum Credit Transactions with Slaves; 4. The Nemesis of Prewar Debt; 5. The Truncation of the Factorage System; 6. Decline and Default; 7. Tenants, Sharecroppers, and Furnishers; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index