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That's not the post I'm talking about. And he was referring to an increase in slavery, not its origin.
by eloff 6y ago
That's not the post I'm talking about. And he was referring to an increase in slavery, not its origin.
- wombatmobile 6y agoYes, an increase in the scale of slavery enabled by the commercial instruments (bonds and commercial insurance) that mitigated risk for the trade. Whilst contracts had previously been written by hand, the standardisation and scale of reproduction enabled by Gutenberg meant that risk could be transacted in open markets by complete strangers.