Surprising facts about the slave trade — LessWrong
1. The obstacle to abolition was not the economic system, but an industry lobby. I had always imagined the British abolitionist movement to be a broa…
x Surprising facts about the slave trade — LessWrong Slavery World Modeling World Optimization Curated 2026 Top Fifty: 13 % 443 Surprising facts about the slave trade by Joseph Miller 26th Jun 2026 9 min read 47 443 1. The obstacle to abolition was not the economic system, but an industry lobby. I had always imagined the British abolitionist movement to be a broad battle between an unstoppable moral imperative and an immovable economic incentive. But in practice it started as more of a knife fight between a cabal of moral pioneers and a special interest group representing industry merchants. T
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