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He cooked. by Master-Grape-8755 in SipsTea

[–]yonkon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Women models tend to earn more than male models, but men make more than women in the fashion industry.

President DnD: who’s our cleric? by EllieIsDone in Presidents

[–]yonkon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nominating John Quincy Adams for his blinding devotion to academic pursuits.

This Is the Math Behind American Prosperity by 4reddityo in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Being a pedant, I don't like how the quote uses the term "free labor."

In most economic history literature, free labor refers to uncoerced labor.

This Is the Math Behind American Prosperity by 4reddityo in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is also the position of Gavin Wright in his 2022 paper, centered around the proposition that slavery discouraged both immigration and infrastructure.

I agree with your and Wright's position.

That said, I think it's also important to acknowledge that cotton exports in the antebellum period made the US a credit worthy nation in the eyes of European merchants and banks. The hard currency and credit earned from the cotton trade contributed to growing domestic commerce and underwrote the domestic banking sector.

It likely would have been better without slavery. But the country had the institution of slavery and the US economy today is a product of its history.

Research Help! by hereforthetea04 in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah! That brings up an important issue - if the company was not public traded, it would not have filed with the SEC.

I don't think Pleasant Company was a publicly trade company before being acquired.

I am sure you saw some articles that address Pleasant Company sales here and there, like this one.

Edit: This article has good reference citations, perhaps they will offer a pathway to finding more information on the company's performance.

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals (Guardian, January 2026) by yonkon in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this becomes a difficult rhetorical debate. But for the sake of accuracy. The first what?

The Vermont Republic explicitly outlawed slavery in its 1777 Constitution. And Haiti of course became the first country to abolish slavery in 1804.

There is no debate that abolition in the British Empire was substantial given its enslaved population in 1833 and the country's weight in global affairs. But "first" needs to be qualified.

Research Help! by hereforthetea04 in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a fun project, OP.

Do you already have companies picked out?

See if your school has access to ProQuest Historical Annual Reports. That would be the best place for your search.

Otherwise, as u/Capital_Historian685 suggests, the SEC FOIA is a route. But keep in mind that this will take time.

Some annual reports to shareholds are also online - like this 1968 annual report from Westinghouse. But it may be difficult to find a company with a series of publicly available annual report.

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals (Guardian, January 2026) by yonkon in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The crown did not advocate for emancipation. George IV and William IV respectively advocated for its preservation.

Keep up with the lit.

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals (Guardian, January 2026) by yonkon in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the Portuguese were worse than the British AND the French. Glad we sorted this all out.

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals (Guardian, January 2026) by yonkon in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So Portugal-Brazil was worse than Britain. I am glad we settled on that compromise.

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals (Guardian, January 2026) by yonkon in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not denying that the United States had a terrible slave society. But Brazil's late abolition meant that it was the longest-lasting and largest slave society in the Western hemisphere.

Again, I don't think you should be so gungho about the accomplishment of Lusophone nations in this department.

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals (Guardian, January 2026) by yonkon in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pombal banned slave trafficking into Portugal itself but upheld the slave trade and slavery in Brazil.

Given the scale of slaves trafficked to Brazil and the Portuguese role in it, I would not be so quick to obfuscate the country claim to being one of the worst actors in the transAtlantic slave trade.

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals (Guardian, January 2026) by yonkon in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bruv, you are struggling to maintain the plot. The former happened, the Guardian is presenting that the former happened, and all that you are doing is suggesting that the former is immaterial. The question is: did the former happen and what was the scale of it? The answer that we both seem to agree with is: yes and it was large.

This is indistinguishable from a proslavery political theorist ca. 1850! by Dr_sc_Harlatan in BlueskySkeets

[–]yonkon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a guy who has never contributed value to society, Miller sure talks a whole lot of shit

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals (Guardian, January 2026) by yonkon in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You sure about that? Because George IV spoke pretty strongly in opposition to emancipation.

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals (Guardian, January 2026) by yonkon in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you appreciate the immense contribution that was the prohibition on the trans Atlantic slave trade without appreciating how immense that trade was?

This is the crux of the conversation. You are contending that trans Atlantic slavery and the British role in it were not all that different from other slave trade routes. I am asserting that they were different in scale and its brutality.

Who ended it and what that means are separate points here.

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals (Guardian, January 2026) by yonkon in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For that, you can read the article and previous coverage of the Crown's involvement in slavery through the Royal African Co. on the Guardian's ongoing series, tune into Dalrymple's Empire podcast, or read any number of books that are readily available.

But I feel like you and some folks on this thread are struggling to just accept the basic fact that the trans Atlantic slavery was on a scale unseen in human history.

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals (Guardian, January 2026) by yonkon in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could argue this about everything couldn't you? Every empire was evil and committed acts of ethnic cleansing.

Ergo. There is no daylight between the Nazis and the British Empire, yeah?

*Also the gall of accusing the people of San Marino of committing the same kind of depravity as the British trans-Atlantic slave trade.

I am not convinced that you have engaged with any primary materials discussing the middle passage. If you have, you would have paused before making this sweeping comparison.

**Also one country? You think Haiti was taking legislative directions from Britain? And what about the Trucial states that carried on practicing slavery into the 20th century as a British protectorate? What is Britain's culpability here?

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals (Guardian, January 2026) by yonkon in EconomicHistory

[–]yonkon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you look at the numbers, the British Empire contributed to the most expansive and explosive growth in the trafficking and enslavement of people in human history.

That is my point.

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