I think it might have been greed of the white farmers. They claimed more land than they could farm. If they had been less greedy, they might have chosen smaller farms, which they could run very well. Or they could have had more patience. If they had seen that their large land holdings would benefit their grand-children, rather than themselves, they might have had larger families.
It has been argued that in Classical times, possession of slaves impeded development of technology: since there were few disincentives experienced by the slave owner, there was little motivation to try and improve productivity with better machines.
[–] voatuser1128 [S] ago
I suspect the Nigger lovers back then kept them in America as newly created voters.
[–] weWusKANGZ 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You wanna eat bacon from hogs fed niggers?
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[–] Nigger8t02 ago
It was their Christian duty to purchase slaves from the musselmen infidels, teach them morals and knowledge of God and his commandments. They were put to productive labor and given the necessities of life. Were there abuses , sure, but niggers in the Americas had it far better on average than niggs in Africa, and certainly better than those owned by Arabs. A cursory look at the local or national news shows that niggers are wholly unfit for freedom and need to be overseen by competent white masters !