re: Worst Historical Disaster — Civil War or Second Great Awakening?

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We're not talking about getting illegal immigrants to come work for pennies on the dollar. We're talking about supporting an entire community, of whom, maybe 60% are working. And not just while you have them on duty - 24/7/365. You had to provide (however rudimentary) medical and dental care, food, clothing, shelter, the whole megillah, for your entire slave population. Now, a lot of these small holdings, they didn't have that with 3 to 5 slaves. But, the larger holdings had to have a significant portion of the slave labor dedicated to maintaining the slave labor.

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You still pay for all that with non-slave labor

And probably a little more.

Slave labor is cheaper if you’re efficient. It’s morally wrong.

How long are you going to keep your employees around if you’re not paying them enough to eat?