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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The south has suffered grievously from the institution of slavery.  It was a terrible error.[/quote]

And it also profited greatly.

All by choice. 
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As did the North with their factories that needed cotton.[/quote]

Yes, we ALL owe much to the enslaved people who toiled and died for our country.

Fortunately, the North didn't outlaw abolitionism. 
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Fortunes, however, were made by the industrialists and factory owners, with homes, universities, colleges, and government buildings standing today as evidence.[/quote]

They made even greater fortunes once slavery was ended. So, I don't think we can really chalk up their riches to enslavement. [/quote]

I'm not going to argue the point here, but many fortunes were made by northerners' purchase and need for southern cotton for their mills.  [/quote]

And we don't throw dress-up parties to celebrate those Northerners factory owners. 
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