The Profit in Slave Trading (988 words, 2 pages)
The Profit of Slavery Despite common beliefs held my many historians today, slavery was, in fact, profitable. The market value alone of slaves suggests profitability. In 1815, a typical U.S. slave was worth 250 by 1839 the price was 500 and by 1860 it had climbed to 900. Prices of ...
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