Is America Freer if it loses the Revolution?

We must remember that the demeanor of slavery in 1790 was different from that of 1850. George Washington himself, though a slave owner, thought the practice would soon become obsolete. After all, many slaves were being freed before 1800 because the tobacco industry had matured and the grower-families did not want to keep supporting them. With continuing British control, the more cruel corporate slavery of the decades after 1820 does not happen.

Umm...the British Empire included the hell-on-earth sugar islands of the Caribbean.

When the cotton gin comes around, they'll have no problem with "the more cruel corporate slavery of the decades after 1820."
 
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