>>The bourgeoisie in Europe accumulated the capital required to start industrialization through their slave colonies. This isn't up for debate. The trends lead

>>The bourgeoisie in Europe accumulated the capital required to start industrialization through their slave colonies. This isn't up for debate. The trends leading to industrialization, like the steady accumulation of technology, and rise in productivity, started in Europe long before European states acquired colonies and engaged in the slave trade. This is 100% up for debate. Please don't try to discourage debate. >It is indeed the case that the British started supporting abolition when it became clear that they could exploit cheap free labor in their colonies more effectively than slave labor at that time in their development, I've seen absolutely no evidence of that. There were orthogonal social forces leading to abolition, like the rising influence of the Quakers.