An Economic History of the World since 1400

The Europeans' Plantation Labor Problem (1x9)

Date de diffusion: Oct 07, 2016

At the heart of many European colonies were plantations, an economic system that relies on one mass-produced cash crop and a large, inexpensive labor force. How did Europeans solve labor supply problems in the colonies they established around the world? When (and where) did race-based slavery begin? Why did it last for so long?