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The south's wealth was in farm products. The cotton embargo
killed the confeds when they could have bought war materiel and the blockade buried it.
BTW How many slaves in he US did Ole Abe free with the EP. Try
zero. To add insult to injury, Slaves in the river Parishes in LA, who thought that Ole Massa Abe would free them after they had been captured by the Feds were sadly disappointed when they remained slaves till the end of the war. After all Boy, somebody has to pick dat cotton.
barbra ann

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BTW How many slaves in he US did Ole Abe free with the EP. Try zero.

Actually it freed all those in the areas covered by the Proclamation. It just took a while before many could take advantage of their freedom.