Which Researcher Argues That the Slave System and Its Enforcement

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which researcher argues that the slave system and its enforcement mechanisms prevented slave individualism from emerging within the system itself?

• A) Robert Fogel
• B) Stanley Engerman
• C) Stanley Elkins
• D) Kenneth Stampp

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