To: 2ndDivisionVet
The argument that the US economic system was built in the back of slaves is a stretch
Totally ignores industrialization and modernization. US western agriculture never used slaves
8 posted on
05/27/2018 12:57:31 AM PDT by
Nifster
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To: Nifster
Nearly all the wealth created by slavemasters using slave labor was destroyed in the Civil War.
44 posted on
05/27/2018 5:12:12 AM PDT by
marktwain
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To: Nifster
The argument that the US economic system was built in the back of slaves is a stretch
Up to maybe 1840, you could make that argument (in the South). However, it ends there. Most of our wealth is attributable to the Industrial Revolution. The contribution of slaves to the IR was about zero.
45 posted on
05/27/2018 5:16:43 AM PDT by
rbg81
(Truth is stranger than fiction)
To: Nifster
The U.S. economy was its strongest from 1865 - 1915. After slavery, before “diversity”.
59 posted on
05/27/2018 6:53:43 AM PDT by
NotSoFreeStater
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To: Nifster
The argument that the US economic system was built in the back of slaves is a stretch LIE Slaves being a primarily southern institution, with the destruction of the South during the Civil War, any wealth accumulated was scattered.
66 posted on
05/27/2018 11:18:38 AM PDT by
gogeo
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