RE: If Only We Could Get Divorced
January 10, 2013 at 1:28 pm
(This post was last modified: January 10, 2013 at 1:34 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Hardly, the states that formed the confederacy where the fuel for the mechanized engine of the north, without their resources it would have failed. Why do you think there was no option to allow them to leave?
They would have simply sold their wares to someone else. The benefits continued even after the civil war (and at points were blatantly intentional) as the population of the south was exploited just as effectively from the north as it was from it's former slave drivers.
(most people don't realize this but for the majority of US history textiles were all we had - let me rephrase - the single most important thing in the US was hemp/cotton.)
They would have simply sold their wares to someone else. The benefits continued even after the civil war (and at points were blatantly intentional) as the population of the south was exploited just as effectively from the north as it was from it's former slave drivers.
(most people don't realize this but for the majority of US history textiles were all we had - let me rephrase - the single most important thing in the US was hemp/cotton.)
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