NYT 1619 project says U.S. would have been broke without slaves. De Tocqueville says no: "the traveller who floats down...the Ohio...may be said to sail between liberty and servitude;...the surrounding objects will convince him as to which of the two is most favorable to mankind"
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Easy counterargument that takes approximately a second of reflection: The Confederacy had the warrior tradition so if they were richer why didn't they win the Civil War? The Union won because of superior wealth from industry.
4:47 PM - 29 Aug 2019
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