“The Economics of Slavery in the Ante Bellum South” (Journal of Political Economy, 1958)

Target entity: “The Economics of Slavery in the Ante Bellum South” (Journal of Political Economy, 1958)
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• A. Slavery and the Internal Slave Trade in the United States
  Slavery and the Internal Slave Trade in the United States is an influential 19th-century abolitionist work by Theodore Dwight Weld that exposes the brutality and moral corruption of American slavery and the domestic slave trade.
• B. Capitalism and Slavery
  Capitalism and Slavery is a seminal historical study by Eric Williams that argues the rise and decline of slavery in the British Empire were fundamentally driven by economic forces tied to the development of capitalism.
• C. "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States"
  "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States" is a landmark 1913 work of American historiography that argues the U.S. Constitution was shaped primarily by the economic interests of its framers rather than purely by political theory or democratic ideals.
• D. The Literature of Political Economy
  The Literature of Political Economy is a 19th-century bibliographical and critical survey of economic writings compiled by Scottish economist John Ramsay McCulloch.
• E. Essays in the History of Economics
  Essays in the History of Economics is a collection of scholarly essays by economist George Stigler that examines the development of economic thought and key figures in the discipline’s history.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: “The Economics of Slavery in the Ante Bellum South” (Journal of Political Economy, 1958)
Target entity description: “The Economics of Slavery in the Ante Bellum South” is a landmark 1958 Journal of Political Economy article that used quantitative economic analysis to argue that American slavery was a profitable and economically viable institution on the eve of the Civil War.

• A. Slavery and the Internal Slave Trade in the United States
  Slavery and the Internal Slave Trade in the United States is an influential 19th-century abolitionist work by Theodore Dwight Weld that exposes the brutality and moral corruption of American slavery and the domestic slave trade.
• B. Capitalism and Slavery
  Capitalism and Slavery is a seminal historical study by Eric Williams that argues the rise and decline of slavery in the British Empire were fundamentally driven by economic forces tied to the development of capitalism.
• C. "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States"
  "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States" is a landmark 1913 work of American historiography that argues the U.S. Constitution was shaped primarily by the economic interests of its framers rather than purely by political theory or democratic ideals.
• D. The Literature of Political Economy
  The Literature of Political Economy is a 19th-century bibliographical and critical survey of economic writings compiled by Scottish economist John Ramsay McCulloch.
• E. Essays in the History of Economics
  Essays in the History of Economics is a collection of scholarly essays by economist George Stigler that examines the development of economic thought and key figures in the discipline’s history.
• F. None of above. chosen