Slavery and the British Industrial Revolution
Revision requested, Review of Economic Studies · NBER Working Paper 30451
Abstract
Did overseas slave-holding by Britons accelerate the Industrial Revolution? We provide theory and evidence on the contribution of slave wealth to Britain's growth prior to 1835. We compare areas of Britain with high and low exposure to the colonial plantation economy, using granular data on wealth from compensation records.
Heblich, S., Redding, S., & Voth, H.-J. “Slavery and the British Industrial Revolution.” NBER Working Paper 30451. Revision requested, Review of Economic Studies.