Side effects of immunities : the African slave trade

ESPOSITO, Elena

Side effects of immunities : the African slave trade

dc.contributor.author	ESPOSITO, Elena
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-10T13:11:15Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-10T13:11:15Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	The resistance of Sub-Saharan Africans to diseases that were plaguing the southern United States contributed to the establishment of African slavery in those regions. Specifically, Africans' resistance to malaria increased the profitability of employing African slave labor, especially that of slaves coming from the most malaria-ridden parts of Africa. In this paper, I first document that African slavery was largely concentrated in the malaria-infested areas of the United States. Moreover, I show that the introduction of a virulent strain of malaria into US colonies greatly increased the share of African slaves, but only in states where malaria could thrive. Finally, by looking at the historical prices of African slaves, I show that enslaved individuals born in the most malaria-ridden African regions commanded higher prices.	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.issn	1830-7728
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1814/36118
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	EUI MWP	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2015/09	en
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	en
dc.subject	Slavery	en
dc.subject	Malaria	en
dc.subject	African slave trade	en
dc.subject	Colonial institutions	en
dc.subject	I12	en
dc.subject	N31	en
dc.subject	N37	en
dc.subject	N57	en
dc.subject	J15	en
dc.subject	J47	en
dc.title	Side effects of immunities : the African slave trade	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
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