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The sum of consumer and producer surplus measures the total benefits that buyers and sellers receive from participating in a market.
Slave System
An economic and social system based on the ownership, purchase, and forced labor of human beings for the benefit of their owners.
Freed Blacks
African American individuals who were emancipated from slavery, especially during and after the Civil War in the United States.
Runaway Slaves
Enslaved people who escaped from their enslavers in an attempt to gain freedom, often facing great risks and seeking safe haven through networks like the Underground Railroad.
Wilmot Proviso
A proposed amendment to a bill in the U.S. Congress in 1846 aiming to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico.
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