[DiogenesLamp]

You think the North got the South's cotton money and used it to buy imports and that somehow the money rightly belonged to the South.

How was the North going to buy most of the European goods by only producing 28% of the total trade value with Europe?

Of course I think it was the South's money. They produced it didn't they?

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How was the North going to buy most of the European goods by only producing 28% of the total trade value with Europe?

You really don't get it -- or really don't want to get it.

Of course I think it was the South's money. They produced it didn't they?

By that logic it really was the slaves' money.