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During and after slavery was abolished in the US, did business market themselves as “slave-labor free” the same way something today is marked “cruelty free?” More generally, how did businesses capitalize on abolitionist sentiments during and after slavery was ended?

by /u/nueoritic-parents in /r/AskHistorians

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