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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins
Yes, from an airplane it is still possible in some places to see the swath cut by his army as it made its way across the south to Savannah and up to South Carolina. My guess is that the South would have eliminated slavery on their own and the economic strata would have mixed anyway. That could just be wishful thinking.
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Bad as slavery was, it was a US institution of culture. The property value of slaves was worth more than northern industry. To the south it would be equal to the government coming and taking all your money out of the bank. Obvious, the war wasn't started over slavery and Lincoln would have gladly let it continue if the southern states came back.
In a lot of ways the civil war was like WW2. The south started it and Sherman said from the start that northern industry would take over and we would be decimated. In reality why most southerners thought they died fighting against an invading force, they died for a few rich idiots.