In examining incomes of free southerners prior to the Civil War, Walton and Rockoff conclude that, compared with northerners, free southerners were ______.

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In examining incomes of free southerners prior to the Civil War, Walton and Rockoff  conclude that, compared with northerners, free southerners were ______.

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Walton and Rockoff's examination of incomes prior to the Civil War indicates that free southerners were generally doing fairly well economically, even in the old South, challenging the notion that the South was economically disadvantaged compared to the North during that period.

In Examining Incomes of Free Southerners Prior to the Civil