Abolition wasn’t fueled by just moral or economic concerns – the booming whaling industry also helped sink slavery
Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or ...
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Abolition wasn’t fueled by just moral or economic concerns – the booming whaling industry also helped sink slavery
Another common explanation for the end of slavery is the economic argument that slavery declined as fossil fuel-powered machinery replaced enslaved labor on farms and even in factories.