>I liked your rant.
TY. I get in the groove sometimes :P
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The slavery issue was a tactical maneuver by the north to gain a sanctimonious high ground, and it worked. Eli Whitney did more to actually free slaves than President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
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True. The cotton gin would have done the same in short order...shame it didn’t come earlier. One machine vs. numerous mouths to feed/clothe/keep well...
If they had only followed through w/ their 5th A. option: Pay ‘em for their ‘property’ and have done with it; ship back or not.
Unfort., our Republic paid the ultimate price.
Study your history. The cotton gin did more to prolong slavery than any other piece of machinery. It made cotton growing far more profitable by making it easier to clean the harvested boll. That's where the slaves were needed - in growing and not cleaning.