At the same time I think the realistic outcome of "One small slave merchant teaching his slaves to read, write and arithmetic" wouldn't be "all the other slave merchants suddenly do the same thing" it'd be "suddenly one small slaver merchant is dead"
Besides all that, it's honestly kinda refreshing to see an isekai MC actively work towards abolishing slavery in its entirety and try to field a viable replacement for it
As opposed to many MCs who either embrace/use slavery (for whatever various reasons they may have), or try to abolish it without thinking about or considering the consequences (if the author even writes the consequences in to begin with)
Before the civil war (oops, sorry. The "war of northern aggression" 🙄), it was actually illegal in the parts of the Southern US to teach slaves to read and write because it enabled rebellion.At the same time I think the realistic outcome of "One small slave merchant teaching his slaves to read, write and arithmetic" wouldn't be "all the other slave merchants suddenly do the same thing" it'd be "suddenly one small slaver merchant is dead"
We're still actively dealing with people wanting to do "slavery but with extra steps" right now today in the country that's been largely misled via the K-12 system that they were the first to end it (they absolutely were not)
Punishable by death, and the deaths of the slaves who learned if I recall correctly.Before the civil war (oops, sorry. The "war of northern aggression" 🙄), it was actually illegal in the parts of the Southern US to teach slaves to read and write because it enabled rebellion.