Reassessing the productivity of enslavement on large-scale plantations and small farms in Brazilian cotton production (c.1750–c.1810)

IF 0.6 2区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY Historical Research Pub Date : 2023-04-18 DOI:10.1093/hisres/htac030
F. S. Melo, Diego de Cambraia Martins
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This article compares the two largest raw cotton regions in Brazil between the 1750s and the 1810s. Through the analysis of new data on cotton export records and parish records, we argue that the high pattern of ownership of enslaved people, together with the organization of labour, the specialization in cotton and the cultivation of short fibres, made enforced labour more productive in Maranhão. In turn, the low pattern of ownership of enslaved people and food production, together with the cultivation of long and fine fibres of cotton made it less productive in the North-East. Yet the enormous manpower working on small farms in the North-East grew cotton at quantities close to the productive large-scale plantations in Maranhão.
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重新评估巴西棉花生产中大规模种植园和小型农场的奴役生产力(约1750年至约1810年)
本文比较了1750年代至1810年代巴西最大的两个原棉区。通过对棉花出口记录和教区记录的新数据的分析,我们认为,被奴役者的高度所有权模式,加上劳动力组织、棉花专业化和短纤维种植,使马拉尼昂的强迫劳动生产率更高。反过来,被奴役者的低所有权模式和粮食生产,加上种植细长的棉花纤维,使东北部的生产力下降。然而,在东北部小农场工作的大量人力种植棉花的数量接近马拉尼昂的大规模高产种植园。
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