Bodenhorn, Howard - In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and … 5 (2011) 2, pp. 145-164
Using previously unexploited data, this paper explores the ages at which slaves were manumitted. OLS estimates reveal that mixed-race slaves, slaves in the tobacco-producing Piedmont, and female slaves of female slave owners were manumitted at younger ages. Weibull proportional hazards estimates...