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* | * slavery was extremely profitable for large slave plantation owners | ||
* cotton was more profitable than rice | |||
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** 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 | |||
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== Myth: factory conditions in late 19th century United States industrial economy were abusive and paid low wages == | |||
* Factory wages were higher in the United States than in other countries | |||
* higher wages in the U.S. were a primary migration "pull" factor | |||
** many, up to half, even, of the immigrants who came to the U.S. planned to make money to send back to their families in their home countries, then return | |||
* U.S. states regulated factory conditions more closely than did other nations | |||