New article out, with co-authors: "Elite persistence and inequality in the Danish West Indies, 1760-1914"
We study this former slave-colony, and show how these Caribbean islands (current-day US Virgin Islands) were totally dominated by a small elite, controlling virtually all of the wealth on the islands. This elite was remarkably persistent - even when the enslaved population was emancipated.
Full text here:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101636
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