[Pelayo]

Really? And none of those slaves made it to southern consumers, huh?

Most of em, when to Brazil as I recall. But that wasn't my point. I wasn't arguing that the South wasn't in a bad way on account of it's institution of slavery, what I was angry about was the ever present Yankee sense of moral superiority that has been carefully crafted ever since the war.

[Non-Sequitur]

But that wasn't my point. I wasn't arguing that the South wasn't in a bad way on account of it's institution of slavery, what I was angry about was the ever present Yankee sense of moral superiority that has been carefully crafted ever since the war.

But not too angry to lay the lion's share of the blame on the Yankee importers.