Roger L. Ransom|Richard Sutch
One Kind of Freedom: Reconsidered (and Turbo Charged)
University of California, Riverside|University of California, Riverside
since one kind freedom published 1977 enormous advances computer technology statistical software impressive expansion microlevel historical data sets essay reconsider earlier findings consequences emancipation terms might accomplished using new technology methods data employ entire sample 11202 farms collected southern economic history project subsample used prepare one kind freedom revisit question declining production foodstuffs examining data time farmbyfarm basis conclude 30 farms cotton regions lockedin cotton production another 16 producing much food effort avoid trap debt peonage using probit methods control effects age farm size literacy family workers willingness assume risk find race accounts twothirds gap black white ownership farms comparing sharecropping renting find race much less factor tenure choice note efforts scratch surface remains done