Re: The Bushwacking continues...

[John Allred]

Russel Madere wrote:
> 
> I disagree that abolition was the economic driving force of The War of
> Northern Aggression.  It was deeper than that.  Abolition would have had a
> minor economic effect on the South in 1861.  The South would have moved to
> the system that has existed since 1865 with resident farmers, etc.  It was
> the Industrial Revolution that was the major economic force.  And where were
> most of the industries.
> 

Maybe. But Abolition would have had a MAJOR impact on the folks with the
money and the power. Paying wages would have cut into their profits.

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