“It wasn’t borrowed. It was labor required to be produced on demand. Without compensation to the owner”
But the slaves were returned, which is the whole point. But you knew that.
“Hmmmm. Hardly. The difference was that the produce was paid for and the private ship owners were compensated for carrying the cargo during WWII. The confederacy demanded the space without compensation and took the crops.”
And ultimately the same thing. Taxes can be imposed in many ways. Welcome to the facts of life.
Wow. Somehow the Lincoln Administration managed to stagger along without resorting to such taxes. Kind of makes you wonder what the confederate IRS would be like today had the South won their rebellion, doesn't it?