A real estate broker from Charleston writes a review of Clyde Wilson’s new book on the topic of slavery. The review is, by all appearances, an excellent summary. Read it for a good introduction to the topic. Mr. Wilson– from the University of South Carolina in Columbia– continues to be […]
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Why Did The North Want To Wage The Civil War?
It was not slavery. Philip Leigh, Abbeville Institute: (T)he North was more dependent upon the domestic economy than was the South. In 1860 Southern exports totaled $214 million as compared to only $47 million from the North. Moreover, the nation’s largest manufacturing industry, cotton textiles, was concentrated in New England […]