[Non-Sequitur]

In 1860, the South imported $346 million dollars worth of products. Of this list of goods, $240 million came from the Northern manufacturers and suppliers, and overseas imported goods sold to the South was $106 million.

Source for that please? Because that contradicts the figures Huertas documented in his story and which I posted in reply 155.

[PeaRidge]

You might want to check your author’s source. He would have had three, and they all differ in measurement dates.