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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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Mechanization would not have eliminated slavery all together. It would have made the use of slave labour obsolete in some agricultural applications.
Still, did the Union invade the South to abolish slavery? Or to stop Secession?