This dissertation challenges Charles W. Ramsdell's needless war theory, which argued that profitable slavery would not have existed west of the 98th meridian and that slavery would have died a natural death. It uses statistical information that is mined from the county tax records to show how slave-owners on the northwestern frontier of Texas raised livestock rather than market crops, before and during the Civil War. This enterprise was so strong that it not only continued to expand throughout this period, but it also became the foundation for the recovery of the Texas economy after the war.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc283818 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Liles, Deborah Marie |
| Contributors | McCaslin, Richard B., Campbell, Randolph B., 1940-, Moye, J. Todd, Navarro, Aaron W., 1973-, Finseth, Ian F. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Liles, Deborah Marie, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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