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Slavery and Abolition

Economics. Slavery is desirable for land owners when land is abundant but labor is not, low wages due to the competition.It is much more difficult and costly to check that slaves are doing their best and with good quality when they are doing complex tasks. Thus, slavery tends to decrease with tech

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Slavery and Abolition

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    1. Slavery and Abolition Will Scheiman Beth Boyer Michael Falahee

    2. Economics Slavery is desirable for land owners when land is abundant but labor is not, low wages due to the competition. It is much more difficult and costly to check that slaves are doing their best and with good quality when they are doing complex tasks. Thus, slavery tends to decrease with technological advancements requiring more skilled people, even as they are able to demand high wages

    3. Private lives of slaves Family and Religion were most vital of slave institutions Under law slaves were members of the plantation over which the owner exercised absolute authority. Some slaves were alowed to marry but certain things were omitted in order to let the slaves know the this was not a legally binding ceremony Unlike the norm for southern whites, slaves never married their relatives

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