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some thought pro-slavery arguments weren't pc? oh my gawd. if they weren;t pc, then maybe they deserve the fate or larry summers.
if i recall fogel and north, one of whom one a noble econ laureate, pointed out slaves actually had it pretty good, with respect to the non slave owning white class of the time (mostly moonshiners and nascar drivers, i assume) in terms of growing thier own food, saturday night parties etc . i did suspect this was written to counter reperations arguments of the time, which are still somewhat popular.
^^^^ Aptheker critiques Fogel and Engerman's arguments in the essay named below.
Slavery _wasn't_ pc (smile).
Charles
Aptheker, HerbertHeavenly days in Dixie or, the time of their lives, a critical review ofThe Time ON THE CROSS: THE ECONOMICS of aMERICAN NEGRO SLAVERY, byRobert W. Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman. Political Affairs New York 1974 32p., wraps. Reprinted from the June and July issues of POLITICAL AFFAIRS.