Even in Slave Economies, the Division of Labor Was Inescapable

Tags: Economic Freedom, Legal System, World History

08/19/2023 Lipton Matthews

Even under chattel slavery, inequality was still pervasive. Carpenters, sugar boilers, blacksmiths, cabinetmakers, and rum distillers constituted an elite core of slaves.

Original Article: “Even in Slave Economies, the Division of Labor Was Inescapable”

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