"Slavery was a product of capitalism, and capitalism would be used to kill it. [[Clarkson]] tied slavery to the institutions that depended on it, from textiles to coffee and tobacco. Most thoroughly, he went after the sugar manufacturers, a product inseparable from the brutal slave plantations of the [[Caribbean]]. “**In every pound of sugar used,” one famous abolitionist claimed, “we may be considered as consuming two ounces of human flesh**.” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[capitalism]], [[pragmatism]], [[consumer-boycotts]], [[public-relations]], [[industry]], **Source** -- [[202409180127 - B - Right Thing, Right Now]]