I remember hearing that something like 80% of the South's cotton was exported to Britain during the post-Revolutionary War period, which made me think of the South as a neo-colony of the British empire. Probably not a perfect analogy, but it seems like a potentially useful heuristic for understanding American history in this era.
I remember hearing that something like 80% of the South's cotton was exported to Britain during the post-Revolutionary War period, which made me think of the South as a neo-colony of the British empire. Probably not a perfect analogy, but it seems like a potentially useful heuristic for understanding American history in this era.