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The accumulation of property by southern blacks and whites: Individual-level evidence from a South Carolina cotton county, 1910-1919

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  • Canaday, Neil, 2008. "The accumulation of property by southern blacks and whites: Individual-level evidence from a South Carolina cotton county, 1910-1919," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 45(1), pages 51-75, January.
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