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The system adopted by Lowell and the Plantation system has several differences. Starting with the operating mode.
The first, and Lowell, was created for an industrialized productive model, while the plantation saw the export of primary products.
The plantation, unlike Lowell's model, had no intention of educating or even raising the quality of life of workers in any way possible.
The plantation was usually carried out by slave labor, while Lowell's system was based on wage labor. Hugs!