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From: mwm@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: White greed (Civil War History Lesson)
Message-ID: <735@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 17-Feb-85 00:39:02 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 17 00:39:02 1985
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Reply-To: mwm@ucbtopaz.UUCP (Praiser of Bob)
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Summary: 

Several people have tried to lay the blame for the South's poor economic
condition (until recently) on the institution of slavery. This is simply
not true.

The major reason for the poor economy of the South after the Civil War was,
not unsurprisingly, the Civil War. Most specifically, Sherman's "march to
the sea," which had as a primary objective destroying the economic base of
the Confederacy. Sherman did a good job, and the march makes for an
interesting study in military science.

As a side note, see the recent net.jokes posting "are you Southern", where
the "correct" answer to "What was General Sherman?" is: B) an arsonist.

	<mike