Comment by ceejayoz
1 day ago
> Slave labor is most efficient when it comes to non-skilled, hard work.
And yet, we invent things like the cotton gin, "enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation", patented in 1794.
1 day ago
> Slave labor is most efficient when it comes to non-skilled, hard work.
And yet, we invent things like the cotton gin, "enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation", patented in 1794.
I’m not entirely sure what point you’re trying to make. The invention of the cotton gin increased the use of slaves; it didn’t decrease it.
https://freedomcenter.org/voice/eli-whitney-cotton-gin/
> The invention of the cotton gin increased the use of slaves; it didn’t decrease it.
Because the efficiency increase in that part of the process meant we could grow so much more cotton to be processed. It wasn't very profitable before that, because slave labor wasn't very efficient at the process.
(This led, eventually, to more automation of the planting/harvesting process.)
Clearly, you are much more clever than I am because I still have no idea what your thesis is supposed to be.
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