Abolishing slavery would be a universal good

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• Trade with Africa would be an inexhaustible source of wealth for British manufacturing, and the slave trade stands in its way OEOlaudah Equiano24 Mar 1789
• Plantation slavery was profitable and fully compatible with capitalism, not opposed to it. DKDavis Kedrosky26 Aug 2022
• Slavery was economically important to actually-existing capitalism in its early period, distinct from whether it was necessary for industrialization overall. DKDavis Kedrosky12 Oct 2022
• Slavery was not necessary for industrial capitalism to emerge in general, though it may explain why Britain specifically industrialized first. DKDavis Kedrosky12 Oct 2022
• Slavery should be treated as an evil not to be extended, tolerated only where its presence makes that necessary ALAbraham Lincoln27 Feb 1860

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