# Slavery Was Not the Difference: How Legal Innovations Made America a Superpower While Brazil Stagnated

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Published: 2026-09-17T18:24:02+00:00
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Both Brazil and the US had slavery in the 1800s, but the US economy flourished while Brazil’s languished. If slavery was the engine for US economic growth, as leftists claim, then why didn’t Brazil's economy match that of the US? Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/slavery-was-not-difference-how-legal-innovations-made-america-superpower-while-brazil-stagnated

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