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Industrial slavery in the United States: the North Carolina turpentine industry 1849-61

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The operation of the North Carolina turpentine industry in the late Antebellum period (1849-61) depended upon labour supplied by slaves who were either owned or hired. The nature of the work, which covered thousands of acres of forestland, led to the use of a task system whereby each slave was assigned a large tract of forest that was worked with little supervision over several months. An important finding is the content and significance of the production records for the slaves assigned to these long-term tasks. The slaves, like those in other industries and on plantations, could earn a certain amount of money for themselves by taking on extra chores. Details of those payments appear in these records. The conditions of life, including food, clothing, and the forest environment are reconstructed where possible. The records raise some questions about the relationship between the payments, extra work and slave behaviour which however, remain unanswered.

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  • Gloria Vollmers, 2003. "Industrial slavery in the United States: the North Carolina turpentine industry 1849-61," Accounting History Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(3), pages 369-392.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:acbsfi:v:13:y:2003:i:3:p:369-392
    DOI: 10.1080/09585200310001606626
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    1. Alawattage, Chandana & Wickramasinghe, Danture, 2009. "Institutionalisation of control and accounting for bonded labour in colonial plantations: A historical analysis," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 20(6), pages 701-715.
    2. Jan Richard Heier, 2010. "Accounting for the Business of Suffering: A Study of the Antebellum Richmond, Virginia, Slave Trade," Abacus, Accounting Foundation, University of Sydney, vol. 46(1), pages 60-83, March.

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