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To: DiogenesLamp

Oh. Ok. And the the war ended slavery. Brilliant on the north


268 posted on 05/03/2019 7:03:23 PM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne
Oh. Ok. And the the war ended slavery. Brilliant on the north

If you cannot control a massive revenue stream, it is to your advantage to destroy it. For nearly two years of the war, Lincoln was trying to restore the South to the Union with slavery intact.

They would have really liked to resume getting all that slavery produced money, but it became impractical.

322 posted on 05/04/2019 10:13:30 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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