To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
Uh, gee, Ron. Maybe because if you don’t make it illegal (the outcome of the Civil War), the South would have simply sold the slaves at a profit and over market-cost, bought new slaves at market-cost, and pocketed the margin.Nope.
The importation of new slaves was already forbidden since 1808. Read the Constitution.
To: Christian_Capitalist
The importation of new slaves was already forbidden since 1808. Read the Constitution. There were ways of getting around that -- indentured servants, debt peonage, convict labor.
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03/31/2010 5:26:18 PM PDT by
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To: Christian_Capitalist
Yeah. That would have stopped the South if the North was foolish enough to buy all their slaves.
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