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I'm reading Time On The Cross. It's supposed to be a statistical economic analysis of the US Slavery system. It could probably be considered at least weak slavery apologism, in the vein of "it wasn't really all that bad". Not that I'm super into defending slavery, but the anti-slavery line has been so overdone by the modern Blue Team that I think it's in need of some defenders.
This seems to be a pattern in a number of historical subjects. Many things in the past were pretty bad, but if criticism of the bad things goes unchecked, then exactly how bad it actually is can get overstated and ridiculous exaggerations get spread by unethical grifters. You need at least some apologists or things get out of hand.
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