05-10-2010, 04:19 AM
(05-10-2010, 03:28 AM)--Pete Wrote: It was hoped that slavery would fade away over time. And it was, until the cotton gin made it very profitable.
Let it not be said that one cannot learn something from the lurker lounge. I had always thought (and probably had been taught) that the invention of the cotton gin made slavery *less* profitable, due to much less labor required for cleaning cotton. I sit corrected.
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