Toddsterpatriot
Diamond Member
As I've told you numerous times before the "free states" economy depended on King Cotton the same way the modern economy depends on oil.if the economy "depended" on "free labor by enslaved Africans" why was the story of the first half of the nation, one of the free states massively outgrowing the slave states and leaving them behind economically?'
In 1860 4 million slaves were worth about $3.5 billion.
Slaves were the biggest single financial asset in the entire US,"...worth more than all manufacturing and railroads combined."
Slavery Made America
In 1860 4 million slaves were worth about $3.5 billion.
How much were they worth in 1866?