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To: marktwain; FLT-bird; DiogenesLamp

I hate to be persistent but - when the South sent wealth in the form of cotton overseas, how was wealth repatriated back to the South?


197 posted on 05/15/2024 6:00:52 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: jeffersondem
I hate to be persistent but - when the South sent wealth in the form of cotton overseas, how was wealth repatriated back to the South?

Money from sales of cash crops was used to buy manufactured goods to fill the holds of the ships. Those manufactured goods would then be hit by high tariffs - thus reducing the profitability of the whole trade.

198 posted on 05/15/2024 6:50:08 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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