Was slavery essential for US economic development? User ZephirAWT, in the Science: Uncensored. Science with no political censorship by Mods subreddit, 15 Feb 2020
EHR study: Slavery was not essential for US economic development. "Cotton required no large investments of fixed capital and could be cultivated efficiently at any scale, in locations that would have been settled by free farmers in the absence of slavery... cheap cotton did not require slavery." User smurfyjenkins, in the Everything Science subreddit, 15 Feb 2020
EHR study: Slavery was not essential for US economic development. "Cotton required no large investments of fixed capital and could be cultivated efficiently at any scale, in locations that would have been settled by free farmers in the absence of slavery... cheap cotton did not require slavery." User smurfyjenkins, in the FoodForThought: Intellectual Nourishment subreddit, 15 Feb 2020
EHR study: Slavery was not essential for US economic development. "Cotton required no large investments of fixed capital and could be cultivated efficiently at any scale, in locations that would have been settled by free farmers in the absence of slavery... cheap cotton did not require slavery" User smurfyjenkins, in the Free Market LVTs For All subreddit, 14 Feb 2020