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  Unregistered > May 12th, 2004, 06:23 PM

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  inked > May 12th, 2004, 11:27 PM

  Cotton was a burden in at least two ways. 1) It rapidly depleted the soil of necessary nutrients requiring rotation of crops and therefore vast land areas. 2) The raising, care, harvesting, and transportation of the crop was labor intensive and therefore required many people and animals for the process.
  
  Slavery was a burden as it had logistical problems with taking care of the people who were slaves (food, clothing, shelter, medicine, etc) and the oversight and training and need to prevent escape. The fear of uprisings and revolt required much energy and management.
  
  The economics of cotton farming, ginning, transportation, and maintaining a work force were quite considerably complicated in that the bulk of demand was from England with political overtones and market manipulations.
  
  Good luck and research on your essay.

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  Unregistered > May 13th, 2004, 11:52 AM

  Hey everyone! I have established a small forum on my website, http://www.patrickruffner.tk, and would love public participation. It's historical mostly, but philosophical subjects are discussed as well. It just started so it's a bit small, but please feel free to post subjects and reply! Thanks
  P.S. Sorry for the irrelevance

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  Mark > May 14th, 2004, 03:22 AM

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  Mark > May 19th, 2004, 09:53 PM

  Okay, since the original poster got in touch with me, I opened this thread since the questions were more than just fishing for short answer essay answers. My apologies, but when you folks ask really specific questions, put them into context so I don't mis-interpret them!
  
  Best, MEH

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  Michael > May 20th, 2004, 04:34 AM

  Lincoln DID allow the southern states to secede peacefully. He just wasn't willing to give up Federal assets like forts, armories, and mints. He didn't want to start a war he hoped could be avoided. He probably felt there might be a way to untangle the mess without resorting to arms.
  
  Lincoln was often at odds with the Warhawks in Congress, who wanted to crush the rebellion mercilessly. Lincoln had no desire to see the Union divided, but he didn't want to be cruel about keeping the nation together.
  
  It has been argued that if Lincoln had not been assassinated, the Reconstruction period would not have turned out as it did.
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