[DiogenesLamp]

They were paid in dollars by the Cotton Factors who actually sold the crop.

I am actually surprised. You did enough research to learn that much. Good for you! You might have learned that the North completely controlled the cotton trade. Because they did.

But you still don't understand economics. A tax on imports is virtually the same thing as a tax on exports. It's the same value being taxed whether it is exchanged for profit, or the profit taxed.

Same stuff.

[Ditto]

I am actually surprised. You did enough research to learn that much. Good for you!

Knock it off you jerk.. You now play the intellectually superior instructor to the poor lowly student. You are an ass. And you are nuts.