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wahoo51
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    ProjectGuard
    • December 7, 2022
    Unreconstructed
    ‌Zero, because Union soldiers were not fighting to "free the slaves". General Ulysses S. Grant had slaves, West Virginia was admitted into the Union as a slave state during the war, there were more than 429,000 slaves in the Union after the South seceded, Lincoln countermanded General F... View More
    • December 7, 2022
    ProjectGuard
    ‌ - although I tend to believe you, I need the historical facts to back up what you said. Do you have links to such web information? Is it verifiable? I agree we have all been lied to for hundreds of years, LONG before the colonies came to be. So PLEASE provide facts, documentation, ... View More
    • December 7, 2022 Edited
    WaldoJPeabody
    As with all things, follow the money. It is the story of Cotton and invention Gentle Friend. Before the Industrial Age, cotton cloth was a luxury in the same class as Silk ("normal" clothing was made from wool and linen) First, there was the invention of the Cotton Gin in America to de... View More
    • December 7, 2022
    WaldoJPeabody
    N‌ow, the price of a Male slave was around $750 and could range up to $1000 at a time when one could buy a greenbroke horse for $20 or a mule for $50. Something to consider (Beatings are mostly reserved for rented mules). One would also take all steps to protect such an investment (the ... View More
    • December 7, 2022
    WaldoJPeabody
    T‌he true difficulties between the races stems more from the post war era of reconstruction (and slavery evolved, first to wage slavery, and than to the tax slavery we see today).
    • December 7, 2022
    ProjectGuard
    I STILL want to believe, but without something of authority to back up your statements, I just can't cross that line. I DO believe there were a lot of factors, many differences woven into the fabric of the Civil War. That's the cause of all wars truth be told, but I just don't get the ins and outs o... View More
    • December 7, 2022
    WaldoJPeabody
    Gentle Friend, I like to fancy myself as having a good memory but citing sources from a high school library 45 some years ago is a bit to much of a stretch. (did a composition my Junior year). That, plus the fact that history is always written by the "winners", one kind of has to read be... View More
    • December 7, 2022
    WaldoJPeabody
    T‌his article is about the first automatic Spinning Mule (successor to the Jenny), 1825. Vastly increased the ability to spin cotton yarn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_mule
    • December 7, 2022