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Originally Posted by fatso
All good points, the clock was ticking for sure. And Europe was certainly leading the way.
But, I don't know what 'eventually' means. And I'm not convinced any progress in mechanization would have been enough economic encouragement to have slaveholders forego the institution without the North's intervention.
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If the south wins the war they have to start working with the rest of the world (namely western Europe) pretty quick. How long does eventually mean? Probably the second having slaves starts costing them more money on the international trade scene then it saves them in the field. The same people from the north who opposed the south's slavery existed and held the dominate position in the south's logical trading partners.
I've read a few guesses by people smarter then me. Usually it's around 20 years. Before the turn of the century for sure.