Common historical fallacies: Difference between revisions
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==== contrary evidence 1: slavery was profitable ==== | ==== contrary evidence 1: slavery was profitable ==== | ||
* | * slavery was extremely profitable for large slave plantation owners | ||
* cotton was more profitable than rice | |||
* rice & sugar planting: | |||
** the largest slave plantation in US history was Brookgreen plantation in South Carolina, which held 1,092 slaves engaged in rice planting | |||
** economies of scale likely made rice and sugar planting more profitable for larger plantations | |||
** additionally, sugar planting required large investments in equipment to process sugar cane, thereby making for economies of scale for larger sugar plantations | |||
=== Colonial and early Republic southern white slave owners & manumission === | === Colonial and early Republic southern white slave owners & manumission === | ||