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Atlantic Slavery's Impact on European and British Economic Development

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  • Ellora Derenoncourt

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The economics literature on Atlantic slavery attests to its negative long-run impact on development outcomes in Africa and the Americas. What was slavery's impact on Europe? In this paper, I test the hypothesis that slavery contributed to modern economic growth in Europe using data on European participation in the Atlantic slave trade. I estimate a panel fixed effects model and show that the number of slaving voyages is positively associated with European city growth from 1600 to 1850. A 10% increase in slaving voyages is associated with a 1.1% increase in port city population. Using a newly created dataset on British port-level trade, I show that for the UK, this effect is distinct from that of general overseas trade, which also increased during this period.

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  • Ellora Derenoncourt, 2025. "Atlantic Slavery's Impact on European and British Economic Development," Journal of Historical Political Economy, now publishers, vol. 5(1), pages 1-19, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:jnlhpe:115.00000086
    DOI: 10.1561/115.00000086
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