A big part of what you see on this blog is me slowly putting together pieces of information about ancient finances. As I come across tidbits providing insight to ancient days, you can watch me gradually build my knowledge. Several years ago I came across some references to prices of defensive armament back in the […]
For description of the dangers of raiding and looting along with the upside rewards, we can look at comments in Norse Warfare: A Portrayal of Combat, Raids, and Plunder in the Viking Age by Martina Sprague. This post continues in a series of discussions of comments from the book. Losses from sailing during the Viking […]
Continued discussion of the value of coinage during the pirate era. Part one is here So how do we understand British pounds circa 1600? A fun website called Life in Elizabethan England, provides background on coinage. One page provides basics of Money and Coinage. Most significant piece of information is that there was no […]
Watched the uplifting and depressing movie Harriet last night. Second time I’ve seen it. Fabulous tale about the efforts of Harriet Tubman in liberating herself from slavery, then liberating most of her family, eventually freeing about 70 people from slavery. After watching the movie again, wanted to pull together a recap of the posts on […]
This series of posts focuses on the prices of slaves and some of the economics of the slave system as discussed in the book Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero, by Kate Clifford Larson. First post: introduction, why discuss prices, manumission Second post: term slave, status of children Third […]
This series of posts focuses on the prices of slaves and some of the economics of the slave system as discussed in the book Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero, by Kate Clifford Larson. First post: introduction, why discuss prices, manumission Second post: term slave, status of children Prices […]
This series of posts focuses on the prices of slaves and some of the economics of the slave system as discussed in the book Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero, by Kate Clifford Larson. First post: introduction, why discuss prices, manumission Term slaves Another grim aspect of a slave […]
Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero, by Kate Clifford Larson provides the first adult biography of Harriet Tubman published since 1943. I read the book after watching the new movie Harriet. I heartily recommend both the book and the movie. If you want to add another hero to the […]
Previous post estimated the number of warhorses King Solomon owned along with citing the number of chariots in his kingdom. Here are two of the texts used to make an estimate of some portions of his vast wealth: Chronicles text 2 Chronicles 1:14-17 (emphasis added for attention on specific valuations): “Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; […]