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Some Abolitionists Believed That There Was a "Slave Power Conspiracy

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Some abolitionists believed that there was a "slave power conspiracy" at work within the U.S.federal government in the 1850s.What might have led them to such a view? Was there any justification for their fears?


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Homogeneous Oligopolists

A market structure where a few firms offer products or services that are similar in nature and hence are close substitutes for each other.

Differentiated Oligopolists

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Herfindahl Index

A measure of market concentration that squares and sums the market share percentages of all firms within an industry.

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