Re:For Decades, Southern States Saw Thanksgiving as an Act o...
by paulddraper on Saturday November 24, 2018 @08:52PM
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Indeed. Tariffs (primarily affecting manufactured goods) was a huge point of contention, rivaled only by the slavery issue.
During the Civil War there was "Cotton diplomacy" [1] where the South tried to pull Britain and France onto its side, under the presumption that their need for cotton would win out. Despite the cotton famine [2] they managed to stay neutral.
During the Civil War there was "Cotton diplomacy" [1] where the South tried to pull Britain and France onto its side, under the presumption that their need for cotton would win out. Despite the cotton famine [2] they managed to stay neutral.
Anyway...economics (then and now) are king.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_diplomacy
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_Cotton_Famine