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I think that it might be accurate to say that it propagated slavery in a unique way even if it didn't start it. I.e. would slavery have been the same institutio

I think that it might be accurate to say that it propagated slavery in a unique way even if it didn't start it. I.e. would slavery have been the same institution in the US without an international slave trade and industrialized cotton processing & manufacturing?

Nasrudith 2y ago
Look up the Triangle Trade. An international slave trade was the status quo for centuries before the Industrial Revolution.