Common errors about Antiquity

[M. Eversberg II]

As an amateur, I'm not sure if I buy the idea of slavery being exclusive to labor-saving techniques. American plantations made use of the cotton gin (which made cotton profitable, which ironically lead to more slavery), which is a labor saving device. Any item that increases agricultural output is an item that increases agricultural output. One would have to be stupid to ignore something that would make your slaves capable of doing even more work, or the same amount of work better.

It's like harvesting grains without scythes.

M.