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GoneViking on scored.co
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Adam Smith writes about this in "The Wealth of Nations". Smith argued that slavery is inefficient from an economic standpoint, that free labor was more productive than slave labor.
Also, in the Antebellum south, the banking system was set up to support the slave system. Slaves could be used as collateral for loans.
Also, in the Antebellum south, the banking system was set up to support the slave system. Slaves could be used as collateral for loans.