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I think Morgan's figures may have excluded slaves. They weren't paid a paycheck either, so they fall in neither category.
by vgr 16y ago
I think Morgan's figures may have excluded slaves. They weren't paid a paycheck either, so they fall in neither category.
- microtherion 16y agoYes, I was suspecting that the underlying data excluded slaves. Not sure I buy the "paycheck" argument --- presumably in the less tamed regions of the US, there were plenty of other people who hardly ever handled money.