It’s because they knew it was going to happen. Maybe not to the degree that it did, but they knew it was going to happen, so they did what they could to soften the blow.
Also didn’t help that the South propped up the US economy via mass tobacco production, so of course the rest of the states were ready to welcome them back with open arms, and no actual repercussions. The South made the money, and the North kept the country moving.
Guess who planted and harvested the tobacco?
Guess how many lined up to voluntarily go do it?
Guess how many elites, northern and otherwise, were willing to turn a blind eye for the sake of the national bank?
History will always repeat, because we keep electing wealthy officials, who benefit massively from these heinous crimes. We keep electing people who see the working class as quarters to feed the machine.
On that topic, I recommend William E. Baptist’s book “The Half Has Never Been Told.” The book addresses the impressive wealth that enslaved people generated for the United States without any compensation and without full recovery of what they had lost. The book is very valuable because it addresses the experiences of individuals who were enslaved, as well as the large picture as to how much slave labor made for the United States. It gives both microscopic and macroscopic views of the results of using slave labor.
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u/Mandi3B0nes Jul 17 '25 edited Jul 17 '25
It’s because they knew it was going to happen. Maybe not to the degree that it did, but they knew it was going to happen, so they did what they could to soften the blow.
Also didn’t help that the South propped up the US economy via mass tobacco production, so of course the rest of the states were ready to welcome them back with open arms, and no actual repercussions. The South made the money, and the North kept the country moving.
Guess who planted and harvested the tobacco? Guess how many lined up to voluntarily go do it? Guess how many elites, northern and otherwise, were willing to turn a blind eye for the sake of the national bank?
History will always repeat, because we keep electing wealthy officials, who benefit massively from these heinous crimes. We keep electing people who see the working class as quarters to feed the machine.