In the US, it was the technological creation of the modern cotton gin that accelerated the Transatlantic slave trade — from 700k enslaved Black Americans in 1790 to 3.2 million in 1850.
It upsets AI enthusiasts when I point to this history as offering a lesson for technology today.
Benjamin Riley
Ya'll. I am shook. In a good way.
Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing Slavery
Pope Leo XIV has made a historic apology for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery.
