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__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
By the time the war was ending, the U.S. had spent the Confederacy under the table.
By 1863, the Confederacy owed so much money in bonds, with independence, they would have had to tax not only imports, but tax the export of cotton.
they would have had to tax not only imports, but tax the export of cotton.
The Confederate Constitution did allow a tax on exports. Problem is, even without the blockade, they had no ports nor ships with which to conduct trade.
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__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
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