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WaldoJPeabody
The State's right to hold the Federal Government's feet to the fire over abusive Federal Edicts. Didn't work out to well, did it. 

JimJimmyJames
If you were to read the written statements of Southern leaders from late 1860 to early 1861, the Civil War was all about preserving the economic & social institution of slavery.

JimJimmyJames
If you were to read the written statements of Northern leaders from late 1860 to early 1861, the Civil War was all about not allowing the Southern states to secede, & preserving the Union.

JimJimmyJames
If you were to read the written statements of Southern leaders from immediately after the Civil War was over, it was all about preserving state's rights by keeping national authorities at bay.

JimJimmyJames
If you were to read the written statements of Northern leaders from immediately after the Civil War was over, it was all about forming a more perfect union by freeing the slaves.

WaldoJPeabody
JimJimmyJames Gentle Friend The invention of the Cotten Gin in 1794 was a big factor in the expansion of Slavery. The Northern Textile Mills did not complain about cheap cotton. They did not complain until advances and automation in textile manufacture in England allowed the British to buy the che... View More

JimJimmyJames
WaldoJPeabodyThe Cotton Belt did not include all of the Southern States. Cotton was King in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, & Louisiana. Tobacco was the main cash crop of North & South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, & Delaware.

WaldoJPeabody
JimJimmyJames Gentle Friend, Tobacco was not as labor intensive. It was also very lucrative (as most neuro-active crops are). In truth, in the colonial and immediate post-colonial periods, just about everyone who had a plot of land where Tobacco would grow had a couple of plants in their vegetable... View More
