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Was society willing to pay for workers when they had slaves?

To think that if only the Confederate states would have made that iron-clad argument back then, the civil war would have been avoided. Imagine how low the prices could be if we still had slaves.

If your business is unsustainable without taking advantage of the workers then it ought not to exist.




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