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If the cotton-gin had not been invented, slaveholding would not have been profitable. If slaveholding had not been profitable, slaveholders would not have been rich. If slaveholders had not been rich, they would not have been arrogant. If they had not been
arrogant, four hundred thousand slaveholders would not have presumed to challenge dominion over twenty million freemen.

Very informative and interesting, but it’s taking me a long time to get through this not very long book. Some mentions make me so angry and others make me sick. It can be a bit of an info dump, and my brain can only tolerate so much at a time.