"This paper documents the persistence of Southern slave owners in political power after the American Civil War. Using data from Texas, we show that former slave owners made up more than half of all state legislators until the late 1890s."

Bellani, L., Hager, A. and Maurer, S. E. (2022) “The Long Shadow of Slavery: The Persistence of Slave Owners in Southern Lawmaking,” The Journal of Economic History. Cambridge University Press, 82(1), pp. 250–283. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050721000590 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #History #Histodon #Histodons #Economics #Slavery #UnitedStates #US #USA #America #Texas #Academia #Academic #Academics @historyofeconomics @histodon @histodons