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==== contrary evidence 1: slavery was profitable ====  
==== contrary evidence 1: slavery was profitable ====  
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* slavery was extremely profitable for large slave plantation owners
 
* cotton was more profitable than rice
=== Slavery
* 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 ===