Schermerhorn, Calvin,  1975- <br/><br/>
The business of slavery and the rise of American capitalism, 1815-1860 /Calvin Schermerhorn. 

 - New Haven, CT :  Yale University Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 336 pages.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Soul drivers, market makers --  "The most notorious of the Baltimore Negro-buyers" --  Sweet dreams and smuggling schemes --  Bank bonds and bondspersons --  "The slave-factory of Franklin & Armfield" --  Chains of violence --  Machines of empire --  Conclusion. 
<br/><br/> "Focuses on networks of people, information, conveyances, and other resources and technologies that moved slave-based products from suppliers to buyers and users." (page 3) The book examines the credit and financial systems that grew up around trade in slaves and products made by slaves. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300213898 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Slave trade--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Slave traders--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Slaves--Social conditions--United States--19th century.<br/>Slavery--Economic aspects--United States.<br/>Capitalism--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E442  / .B875 2015