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I can't remember for the life of me but I remember reading somewhere slavery was starting to become uneconomical in the United States before the Cotton Gin was invented. With the US Constitution being written some five years prior to the Cotton Gin was invented could there be enough of a push with the proper POD to have slavery outlawed by the Constitution or put on a path of gradual emancipation over say 30 years across the US? Or is this pushing for too much with the Constitution?
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