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To: editor-surveyor; DoodleDawg; DiogenesLamp
editor-surveyor: "The north had little to export."

The North & west together supplied nearly half of all US exports.
This link shows the change in US exports from 1860 to 1861.
As you might expect, Southern exports fell by $161 million while Northern exports rose by $62 million.

But it's important to note these lists can be skewed, and we see that by comparing cotton to tobacco.
The South's number one export, Cotton, is 100% a product of the Deep South, and so cotton exports fell over 80% from 1860 to 1861.
By contrast, the South's #2 export, tobacco fell only 15%, why?
Because tobacco was grown not only in the South, but also in the North & West, so loss of Southern tobacco reduced total US tobacco exports by only 15%.
But this example shows that tobacco as a "product of the South" is mis-categorized, because only 15% came from "the South".

As for Northern exports, the largest volumes were manufactured iron & copper, leather goods, candles, furniture, soap & medicinal drugs.
Western exports included wheat, flour, corn, rye, oats, livestock products, wood products & whale oil.

484 posted on 02/19/2018 4:05:17 PM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: BroJoeK

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Nice switch!

Comparing southern exports during the civil war?

Do you think we are as stupid as you are?

You’re here to sow confusion on every forum you show up on.

We all know that you chose Satan’s game of evolution vs. life, but you’re just as wrong in general politics.
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486 posted on 02/19/2018 4:35:51 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: BroJoeK
As you might expect, Southern exports fell by $161 million while Northern exports rose by $62 million.

Having someone blockade your shipping with Warships to stop you from trading Directly with Europe will have that effect on your commerce.

The evidence that this was a money war is all about you, and you just don't want to see it.

502 posted on 02/20/2018 7:41:07 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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