Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery Book

This book, originally published in 1974 by Little, Brown and Company, is a sweeping reexamination of the economic foundations of American Negro slavery. Based upon a vast research effort, this volume constitutes an entirely new portrayal of slavery's past. It challenges traditional assumptions about the material condition and management of slaves, their work habits, domestic welfare, and the economy of the antebellum South in general.

Author Biography: Robert William Fogel is the Charles R. Walgreen Professor of American Institutions and the Director for the Center for Population Economics at the University of Chicago. Stanley L. Engerman is Professor of Economics and History at the University of Rochester.