Reply #63: Well, that's your opinion. With nothing to back it but that. [View All]

[Hannah Bell]

In fact, you can trace the movements of capital.

A lot can change in a generation because capital requirements change.

The abolitionists were supported by northern industrialists who could make more money with free labor than slaves. Slaves are most cost-effective where population density is low, free labor vice-versa.

The abolitionists were the same families who'd made their $$ transporting slaves & slave goods in previous generations.

The "opinions" change, but the $$$$ go on forever.