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Re:A flurry of new studies identifies causes of the Industri... by WalterBright on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @08:47PM (#34422403)
Industrialization happened primarily in the free states, not the slave states.
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Re:A flurry of new studies identifies causes of the Industri... by yieldcrv on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @09:00PM (#34422501)
This didn't happen in a vacuum, wall street was full of slave-labor company shares. The speculators and financiers were closer to the financial center.
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Re:A flurry of new studies identifies causes of the Industri... by WalterBright on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @09:03PM (#34422535)
There was a lot more to free states than wall street. The industrialization happened all over those states, but not the slave ones.
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