Your first link worked just fine, it took me to Lincoln;s 1849 bill to end slavery in DC. The link you just posted took me to some bibliography. What's your point?
Plus, it's time for me to sign off tonight. I have to be at a funeral for an old and dearly missed friend in the morning. He was a WWII vet and one hell of a good guy.
Good night rustbucket.
You will note that the link that didn't work, the one I had to repost, referred to a link in post 171. That link, which you characterized as a bibliography, was a reference to Northern interests (in particular New York which did the great bulk on the import export business) skimming off nearly 40 percent of the cotton revenue. My link led you to page 148, the page that I had just referenced for the 40 percent figure.
My 40 percent comment was in response to your argument that the British might make an independent South a colony. The North was already treating the South as a colony, skimming off money from the Southern cotton trade as I pointed out. By becoming independent, the South would get out from under the oppressive Northern interests and immediately have cheaper imports from overseas. Northern manufacturers would have to compete on an equal basis with overseas imports for the Southern market.
Sorry about your friend. I remember listening to WWII news on the radio when I was a child. I thought a high, noisy plane going overhead at that time was a buzz bomb that I'd heard about on the radio. It was buzzing, or so I thought. Scared me.
My Dad volunteered when the Japanese sank the Houston, but they wouldn't take him because of his flat feet and poor eyesight. So, he went back to college, finished his chemical engineering degree, and worked in a Texas refinery that made aviation fuel for the war. He also volunteered for night watch duty in the harbor to protect the refinery. Tough times.
Good night, Ditto.