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The American industrial revolution was primarily a northern thing. Plus some tooling (like the cotton gin) used in the south to process slave output.
If anything, Roman slaves would have been more fit to be part of an industrial revolution as they could hold educated jobs.
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https://beardyhistory.com/2018/01/01/roman-slavery-and-ameri...
The American industrial revolution was primarily a northern thing. Plus some tooling (like the cotton gin) used in the south to process slave output.
If anything, Roman slaves would have been more fit to be part of an industrial revolution as they could hold educated jobs.