Spatiotemporal Changes in the Slavery-Inequality Relationship: The Diffusion of the Legacy of Slavery
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.The link between historical slavery and Black-White inequality weakened across the U.S. South by 1930. This decline spread geographically, suggesting earlier, more entrenched systems of slavery intensified institutionalized racism.
Area Of Science
- Socioeconomic studies
- Historical analysis
- Racial inequality research
Background
- Historical racist violence persists, impacting contemporary Black-White inequality.
- The relationship between slavery and current inequality has evolved over time in the United States.
- Understanding the timing of these changes is crucial for identifying the processes driving inequality.
Purpose Of The Study
- To identify the timing of changes in the slavery-inequality relationship across U.S. states.
- To analyze how these changes differ geographically.
- To offer insights into the underlying mechanisms perpetuating Black-White inequality.
Main Methods
- Utilized integrated nested Laplace approximation models.
- Analyzed spatial and temporal features of Southern county panel data (1900-2018).
- Incorporated data on enslaved populations from the 1860 census.
Main Results
- Found a region-wide decline in the slavery-inequality relationship by 1930.
- Observed a geographical pattern in this decline, moving northeasterly to southwesterly across the South.
- Paces of decline varied by state, indicating earlier expansion of institutionalized racism in areas with longer-standing slavery systems.
Conclusions
- The study provides the first evidence on the timing of shifts in the slavery-economic inequality link.
- Geographical variations in decline timing suggest the role of institutionalized racism's maturity and diffusion.
- Results guide further research into how racial hierarchies and oppression influence the legacy of slavery.
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