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To: jpsb
And how long would or could slavery had lasted if the South had seceded?
159 posted on 05/29/2016 8:16:14 AM PDT by jmacusa ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
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To: jmacusa

That is hard to say, the ruling elites certainly had a vested interest in keeping the institution of slavery going however slavery depressed wages for poor whites. My best guess slavery would have ended in the CSA by the 1900’s. With the black being returned to Africa in most cases.


162 posted on 05/29/2016 8:44:40 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: jmacusa

Had the south seceded they would have been able to sell their cotton without the onerous tariffs. They wouldn’t be forced to sell their cotton cheap to the north. Slavery would have ended soon.

The real question is: How long could the northern textile mills last without the cheap cotton extorted from the south? Not long.


163 posted on 05/29/2016 8:51:34 AM PDT by ladyjane
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