There's precisely zero evidence that they were. (Fear of slave revolts is not the same thing.)
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The Brits didn’t particularly NEED slavery the way America did in the early 1800s. They were ahead of the curve on industrialization & empire-building. Also, they still had the Irish...
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I know she doesn't argue that. But it's the unmistakable implication of that claim. (Which, admittedly, H-J herself contradicts in the same paragraph.)
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You're imputing ideas to her that explicitly go against what she writes. It's hard to take that seriously as a good faith engagement with these issues.
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