Slavery, Coercion, and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
本文探讨19-20世纪撒哈拉以南非洲奴隶制与强制劳动对经济增长的作用，指出强制劳动虽促进短期增长，却阻碍了向持续增长的转型。
Recent debates on the economic history of the United States and other regions have revisited the question of the extent to which slavery and other forms of labor coercion contributed to the development of economic and political institutions. This article aims to bring Africa into this global debate, examining the contributions of slavery and coercion to periods of economic growth during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It argues that the coercion of labor in a variety of forms was a key part of African political economy, and thus when presented with opportunities for growth, elites turned first to the expansion of coerced labor. However, while labor coercion could help facilitate short-run growth, it also made the transition to sustained growth more difficult.