Again, there is zero evidence that any sort of compensated emancipation would have been accepted by the slave owners. None.
It’s like the gun buybacks. Why do you think they only get old guns in poor shape?
And if the government said that you could sell all your guns to the government at fair market value, but you could not buy any more guns in the future, would you take them up?
“Again, there is zero evidence that any sort of compensated emancipation would have been accepted by the slave owners. None.”
Have you looked at the deal that was offered? It would have meant ruin. The Civil war was a better financial deal despite ending in complete ruin. This was not the case in the United Kingdom.
It’s very simple. So long as it is more profitable for folks to remain in the slave trade than to leave, they are going to continue to own them. The only - peaceful- means that would have ended slavery is compensation and compensation according to market rates. I agree with enforcing the trade of slaves to prevent their importation - but it wasn’t just about compensation.
It’s like the gun buybacks. Why do you think they only get old guns in poor shape?
“And if the government said that you could sell all your guns to the government at fair market value, but you could not buy any more guns in the future, would you take them up?”
If the government said that it was going to ‘offer’ you a dime on the dollar for every gun you bought or it was going to confiscate them from you with force, would you accept it?