Potential Research Questions
March 7, 2010 
1) According to the economic theory, forced labor is never efficient. How was slavery beneficial economically? This topic is meaningful because although forced labor isn’t supposed to be economically efficient, slavery was practiced for such a long time mainly due to its economic benefits. I think it would be interesting to learn more about why the practice of slavery ended up improving the economy.
2) How did the Africans manage to benefit from slavery when the Europeans were constantly controlling them? Before reading the Morgan and Armesto readings, I would have never thought that slavery benefited the Africans in any way. After reading what Armesto and Morgan said about the African advantages of slave trade, I think it would be an interesting topic to research.
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