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Originally Posted by zm1283
Where did I say that the Confederates wanted a strong central government? I know full well what they wanted.
Whether it actually worked or not, the E.P. was intended to hurt the South's economy by eliminating slave labor. (Which kept it going in the first place) It wouldn't have mattered anyway because the South's economy was already in shambles by 1863. Their money was worthless and Europe didn't need their cotton like they had hoped.
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Thanks for the quote from Gone With the Wind.
Sherman's march to the sea, and the Union blockade had more to do with the South's economy than the Emancipation Proclamation. If Lee wins at Gettysburg, the South could have very well won the war. It wasn't like the Civil War was popular in the North to begin with.
We've been in debt since the American Revolution. Give a huge shout out to France and Spain.