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[–] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 23 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Also, I guess "some" wasn't that many, since they obviously didn't do that.

[–] Sphere@hexbear.net 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

In at least some fairness, many of them thought slavery was an ultimately doomed institution. And they might even have been right, at the time.

Then Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793.

[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 3 points 4 weeks ago

Eli Whitney inventing the cotton gin like “Wow this machine is so efficient this will surely be the final nail in the coffin of the horrific institution of slavery!”