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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 1319727" data-attributes="member: 45230"><p>Was the price set at $10 in the Constitution? I think slaves sold for more like $20 to several hundred dollars. The theoretical value of slaves in the South was greater than the GDP. Lincoln considered just buying all the slaves in the South but that would have been too expensive. Slave owners did value them as property and a financial investment so mostly tried to keep them healthy. Slavery was wrong but economics was the primary reason it persisted as long as it did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 1319727, member: 45230"] Was the price set at $10 in the Constitution? I think slaves sold for more like $20 to several hundred dollars. The theoretical value of slaves in the South was greater than the GDP. Lincoln considered just buying all the slaves in the South but that would have been too expensive. Slave owners did value them as property and a financial investment so mostly tried to keep them healthy. Slavery was wrong but economics was the primary reason it persisted as long as it did. [/QUOTE]
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