Southern wages had a upper limit thanks to slavery.
Of course you’re not going to argue that fact. I guess you could argue the import, but I see no way to claim it wasn’t significant.
And, of course, having the Southern capitalists being dependent on slavery meant their investment decisions benefitted slavery.
(Again, as today’s capitalist decisions have benefitted China- to the disadvantage of US workers.)
After the North destroyed the South and bought for nothing what was left, the South was a 3rd world, poverty-struck area that couldn’t improve until after WW2.
My Dad left a NC sharecropping situation for the military. A typical event in the South at the time.
A lot of veteran benefits, payments have helped the South.
Southern wages had a upper limit thanks to slavery.
Of course you’re not going to argue that fact. I guess you could argue the import, but I see no way to claim it wasn’t significant
...you are not getting it as late as 1932 all life revolved around food and a house in the south my family didn’t own slaves but the lived side by side raising children and food. My dad came from 14 children, everyone worked. The main thing in the south that made any difference was the airport...I played in slave houses that had running water..