“Then where would the Southern Confederacy go to? Their own ships? ROTFLMAO!!!!!! The South still had cotton to ship and goods to buy. Unless they were complete idiots - always a distinct possibility - then they would go to whoever provided the service at the best price. That could just as easily be the U.S. shippers. Stop and think for once in your life. Who was there to replace them? The British? What makes you think that they had that much shipping just laying around waiting for customers?”
Well...Many Northerners would if that “hero” of yours would of got his due earlier!
As of 1860 the Southern states exported about three fourths of what they produced, mainly cotton and tobacco and other agricultural products, and used the proceeds of those sales to purchase manufactured goods either from Europeans or Northern manufacturers.
So...John Wilkes Booth is some kind of hero to you?
As of 1860 the Southern states exported about three fourths of what they produced, mainly cotton and tobacco and other agricultural products, and used the proceeds of those sales to purchase manufactured goods either from Europeans or Northern manufacturers.
And? Why wouldn't they continue to buy from U.S. manufacturers? Once again you toss out comments at random without any attempt at making sense.