Slavery never went anywhere. Now we just no longer force the masters to house and feed the slaves; they're only slaves by way of economic desperation and a legal system that prevents them from doing work other than agricultural labor for barely-survival wages.
Fair point. Let's bring back slavery. It might reduce the price of cotton.
Slavery never went anywhere. Now we just no longer force the masters to house and feed the slaves; they're only slaves by way of economic desperation and a legal system that prevents them from doing work other than agricultural labor for barely-survival wages.