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@un_a_valeable @Jalane_Schmidt but as @un_a_valeable mentions elsewhere in this thread you really cannot underestimate the extent to which the mass commercial cultivation of short staple cotton by way of the cotton gin fundamentally changed the way that these institutions interacted with political economy — PolitiTweet.org

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@Jalane_Schmidt @un_a_valeable interestingly the assumption wasn't an increase in the enslaved population. the assumption on slavery — which was used at that point for the cultivation of tobacco and agricultural staples — was that it was on the decline. — PolitiTweet.org