Gardner, Leigh (Author)
Business History Review
Volume: 97
Issue: 2
Pages: 199-223
Edition Details: Theme issue: Business, Capitalism, and Slavery
Language: English
Recent debates on the economic history of the United States and other regions have revisited the question of the extent to which slavery and other forms of labor coercion contributed to the development of economic and political institutions. This article aims to bring Africa into this global debate, examining the contributions of slavery and coercion to periods of economic growth during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It argues that the coercion of labor in a variety of forms was a key part of African political economy, and thus when presented with opportunities for growth, elites turned first to the expansion of coerced labor. However, while labor coercion could help facilitate short-run growth, it also made the transition to sustained growth more difficult.
...MoreArticle Editors (Summer 2023) Editor's Note. Business History Review (pp. 195-198).
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