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**** just as an office building has a value but its economic output is measured not by its value but by the sum of its rents
**** just as an office building has a value but its economic output is measured not by its value but by the sum of its rents


==== logical fallacy 3: black population growth for slavery ====
==== logical fallacy 3: black population growth for about slavery ====
* according to the decennial Census count:
* according to the decennial Census count:
** only in the 1810 Census count did black population growth exceed that of non-black population growth under slavery
** only in the 1810 Census count did black population growth ''under slavery'' exceed that of non-black population growth  
*** this growth coincided with the introduction of the cotton gin and rapid expansion of slavery across the deep South
*** this growth coincided with the introduction of the cotton gin and rapid expansion of slavery across the deep South
* notably, black population growth has exceeded non-blacks following emancipation and desegregation
* notably, black population growth has exceeded non-blacks following emancipation and desegregation
** Census counts marking higher black population growth in '''bold'''
** equally notable,
* <u>Conclusions</u>:
** while slave and free black population grew significantly under slavery, emancipation and desegregation led to higher relative population growth for blacks
** segregation inhibited black population growth, thus racial discrimination is not conducive of population growth (and we can infer from that economic activity)
click on EXPAND to view chart of comparative population growth 1790-1990:
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* Census counts marking higher black population growth are in '''bold'''
** note that the lowest population growth counts occur following periods of war or during the Depression (1870, 1920, 1940)
** the data also show that lower population growth for blacks occurred following segregation
 
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=== late 1700s to early 1800s manumission ===
=== late 1700s to early 1800s manumission ===