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Originally Posted by kerry
That's interesting. Wage slaves sell for less than chattel slaves. Maybe it was a matter of cutting out the middle man (the slave owner).
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It's pretty simple.
The Irish were free people and could choose that line of work, stay in Ireland, or go somewhere else. They freely accepted the wages and the risk.
The slaveowners did not believe the risk to their slaves was worth the profit of their labor.