[DiogenesLamp]

The southern plantation states held the greatest concentration of wealth in the United States at the inception of the War Between The states.

You mean paper? The Union states had Factories, Ship building industries, Massive trade with Europe, Railroads, Iron, gold and Silver mines, Manufacturing of every sort. They were a much more massive economy.

Not only did they have more than four times the population, they had far more valuable properties and institutions.

The Southern states had mostly agriculture, and d@mned little else.

[rockrr]

The fact that the southern slavers chose to spend their loot on race horses and imported champagne instead of building their infrastructure isn’t my problem. And it doesn’t change the fact that they held the greatest concentration of wealth.

[DoodleDawg]

The Southern states had mostly agriculture, and d@mned little else.

Then it was kind of silly of them to start the war with the U.S., wasn't it?

[catfish1957]

You mean paper? The Union states had Factories, Ship building industries, Massive trade with Europe, Railroads, Iron, gold and Silver mines, Manufacturing of every sort

Poor analogy. Cotton in that time frame was among the most valuable feedstocks in the world. What you are saying would bascially be the same as saying what Texas has in oil is paper.