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The Constitution was written in 1787, but Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin was invented in 1793, I'm curious what did the Founding Fathers think was the future of slavery up to that point? Was the expectation that it would Increase? Decrease? Become a bigger issue, a self solving issue?...

by /u/Blacksmith_Most in /r/AskHistorians

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