ECON 4140 Study Guide - Final Guide: New Zealand National Football Team, Money Supply, Feasible Region

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This exam will have 5-10 point questions on it from the questions below. They calculated the diets of the slaves and showed that in 1860 they. Methodology was used to show how much per slave was receiving on farms. They determined the life expectancy and heights of slaves and free workers. They claim that slaves had good medical care because they were technically. Whipping ect. was not as common, they claimed. The owners used gifts and consumed 4,185 calories a day compared to the free worker"s 3,741 in 1879. with 50 slaves or more. (1860 census) They compared housing of the free and slave workers. Slaves had on average less attendants within their housing. Slave child at birth considered to be very low in weight clothing. Variation across plantations and seasons was likely large. Estimates of free population"s consumption questionable, extrapolated from. Choice and welfare: free laborers could choose their diets, housing and.