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Examine how wealth, ownership and labor were recorded and exchanged in early America. By studying ledgers, wills, estate inventories and property deeds, we observe material dimensions of power—how land, capital and human labor sustained economies of freedom and exploitation. These records reflect how commerce shaped the lives of early Americans and how generations built and inherited economic power.
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