> slavery was on its way out as industrialization became supreme, as slavery was always a means to defeat the enemy, the south didnt realize industry would be used against them in a war capacity, honestly the equivalent of dropping a nuke on a dissenting state the south wanted to industrialize while keeping slaves, for those that wanted to industralize. cotton picking was labor intensive and they needed a lot of it particurally because industrialization increased demand. they also belived that the moments slaves were freed they would kill all whiteys, not realizing blacks are incapable of winning wars against white people.
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