"Many Southern Plantation owners were working towards the……" — G. Edward Griffin
"Many Southern Plantation owners were working towards the day when they could convert their investment to more profitable industrial production as had been done in the North, and others felt that freemen who were paid wages would be more efficient than slaves who had no incentive to work. For the present, however, they were stuck with the system they inherited. They felt that a complete and sudden abolition of slavery with no transition period would destroy their economy and leave many of the former slaves to starve - all of which actually happened in due course."
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40 Quotes by G. Edward Griffin
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By remaining behind the scenes, they (the Rothschilds) were able to avoid the brunt of public anger which was directed,…
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Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, the (Rothschild) brothers conducted important transactions on behalf of the governments of…
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The Civil War was started over economic issues, not slavery. The War was not popular in the North until the…
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In the North, neither greenbacks, taxes, nor war bonds were enough to finance the war. So a national banking system…
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In the North, the sale of government bonds was the one measure for raising funds that seemed to work. Even…
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American banks may have been unable to supply adequate loans, but the Rothschild consortium in Britain was both able and…
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The nation's first experiment with the income tax was tried at this time; another violation of the Constitution.
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During the fiscal year ending in 1861, expenses of the federal government had been $67 million. After the first year…
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Converting the war into an antislavery crusade was a brilliant move on Lincoln's part, and it resulted in a surge…
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The European powers had been anxious to see the United States become embroiled in a civil war and eventually break…
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If Lincoln's primary goal in the War was not the abolition of slavery but simply to preserve the Union, the…
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More Abolition Quotes
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I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the…
— Roger Nash Baldwin
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Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of…
— Edward Abbey
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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.
— Maya Angelou
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Of course, some will say the goal [of abolition] is a utopian dream of human perfection. We needn't worry. There…
— Jonathan Schell
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For centuries the Bible's emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent…
— Ronald Reagan
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My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.…
— Karl Marx
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I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of…
— George Washington
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The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in…
— Thomas Jefferson
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All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the…
— Oliver Ellsworth
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There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave…
— Margaret E. Knight
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For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of…
— Henry George
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