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The aim is to explore how financial instruments related to slavery facilitated economic growth during the antebellum period in the United States.

Banking on Slavery: Financing Southern Expansion in the Antebellum United States

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The aim is to explore how financial instruments related to slavery facilitated economic growth during the antebellum period in the United States.
Analysis of historical banking practices and credit structures involving enslaved people
Examination of court cases regarding property and ownership provisions
Study of economic relationships between slavery and banking in different regions
Demonstrated that enslaved people were used as collateral for loans, directly affecting banking practices.
Showed that the expansion of slavery was closely associated with the financial strategies of banks and investors.
Revealed the evolving legal frameworks that influenced how enslaved individuals were classified as property, impacting credit and investment strategies.

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Links financial mechanisms to slavery's role in economic growth in antebellum United States, implying systemic entanglement.

Barbara Hahn (2024) studied this question.

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