美国女性也曾参与奴隶贸易 | 经济学人

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📢  文末扫码进裙，免费领取双语精读版 New research exposes the role of women in America’s slave trade In the bondage of others they saw their freedom The Economist United States  18 June, 2024 | 445 words | ★★ ★ ★ ☆ They didn’t know how bad it was. That was how James Redpath, a northern journalist who toured the South in the 1850s, explained white southern women’s support for slavery to his readers. He reckoned that women were shielded from the “most obnoxious features”—rarely witnessing the auctions and punishments—and were oblivious to the “gigantic commerce” that it had become. Historians came to agree that slavery was the business of men. Research published last month shatters that narrative. Economists at Ohio State University analysed data from the New Orleans slave market, the biggest. They found that women were buyers or sellers in 30% of all transactions and 38% of those that involved female slaves. These are the first hard numbe ………………………………