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There wasn't a country prior to 1900 where >97% of the population wasn't dirt poor.

The American South - AFAIK - is unique in the percentage of families that 1) had wealth, and 2) had slaves.

Most of those people were independently wealthy immigrants, or descendents of them.

Beside the American South - you're not going to find any group that can be considered a majority that directly benefited from slavery.

Finland indirectly benefited from slavery - at the very least - by not DIRECTLY being enslaved in the slave trade. Sure, maybe not as indirect as New York City or London, but there were benefits...



Also slavers from Africa (same color as the slaves) benefitted from the trade.




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