But then again he has a farm to keep, not an excuse but from his point of view slaves make him money without them he has no moneyThe thing is that if he was really against slavery… he’d just free them.
The Irish actually did grow wheat and raised cattle. However they could not afford to actually eat them, since they were grown for English landlords who exported them to the English market. While there were wheat and maize imports into Ireland, the vast majority of it was actually used for cattle feed. The reason the famine got so bad was not that they were entirely dependent on a monoculture (though that is the triggering factor), it's that Ireland was owned by absentee landlords who didn't actually live in Ireland and didn't care. Even Amelia's family, which is wealthy enough to employ servants, didn't actually own their land. This in turn is a result of the defeat of the Irish Alliance during the Nine Years War and the subsequent confiscation of all Irish owned land by the English Crown.Yea Amelia. Maybe growing only one type of crop isn't such a good idea
100%. He even says that the reason he made this "paradise" was for his own sake. He didn't want to die tormented by guilt like his father. He didn't do this because he cared about slaves at all.The thing is that if he was really against slavery… he’d just free them.