Glossary

American Passages: A History of the United States, Brief, 1st Edition
Ayers, Gould, Oshinsky, Soderlund

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quantity theory of money: Held that prices are determined by the amount of currency in circulation.

quasi slavery: A position that resembled slavery. Some northerners thought the Black Codes created a type of quasi slavery.

quitrent: A relic of the feudalism, a quitrent was a small required annual fee attached to a piece of land.