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[–] JohnQCitizen ago  (edited ago)

Personally, I would think that slavery in the south would end once the mill towns in the north got popular, and were shown to be profitable. You wouldn't have to bother with rations and shit like that, and the workers would believe workers were free even when they weren't. What do you think?

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[–] 1778398? ago 

I'm not familiar with mill towns, but based on what you told me, it sounds somewhat like sharecropping. I doubt it would be a reason to totally end slavery though, seeing as the key function of it is deception.