Explain What Historian Herbert Aptheker Meant When He Wrote That

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Essay

Explain what historian Herbert Aptheker meant when he wrote that the Constitution was a "bourgeois-democratic document for the governing of a slaveholder-capitalist republic."

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Definitions:

Price to Clear

The price to clear is the market price at which the quantity supplied equals the quantity demanded, thereby clearing the market without leaving surplus or shortage.

Perfectly Competitive Industry

A Perfectly Competitive Industry is characterized by many sellers and buyers, free entry and exit, and a product that is identical across suppliers, leading to no single entity having market control.

Marginal Cost

The additional cost of producing one extra unit of a good or service.

Total Revenue

The total amount of money a company receives from selling its goods or services before any expenses are subtracted.