I would think that slavery would make it harder for poor, free people to climb out of poverty. How do you compete with free labor?
I was watching a documentary about the KKK in NC. Apparently, wealthy southerners looked down on poor, white 'trash' and poor whites comforted themselves by looking down on blacks. It made me wonder what would have happened if blacks and poor whites have joined together to change things. Slavery and racism, at least in the south, kept apart two groups that should have worked together. Does anyone think that it is reasonable to say that slavery hurts not just the enslaved but the free lower classes also? If so, it seems as if slavery only benefits a small group of wealthy people so it isn't good for most of society.
I was watching a documentary about the KKK in NC. Apparently, wealthy southerners looked down on poor, white 'trash' and poor whites comforted themselves by looking down on blacks. It made me wonder what would have happened if blacks and poor whites have joined together to change things. Slavery and racism, at least in the south, kept apart two groups that should have worked together. Does anyone think that it is reasonable to say that slavery hurts not just the enslaved but the free lower classes also? If so, it seems as if slavery only benefits a small group of wealthy people so it isn't good for most of society.
