To emphasize the heartlessness of the northern free labor system, what did southern defenders of slavery call factory workers?

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Southern defenders of slavery often referred to factory workers in the northern free labor system as "wage slaves" to emphasize the exploitative conditions under which they believed these workers labored, drawing a parallel to the condition of slaves in the South but framed within the economic context of wages and employment.

To Emphasize the Heartlessness of the Northern Free Labor System