And to me it looks like the Revolution was about getting out of that debt system. Debt is why the Brits were squeezing the colonies.
The war of 1812 was British finance's first attempt to get America back in the cage. It failed.
So the Brits suddenly didn't like slavery any more (it had been fine before that!) and stoked up the slavery issue until America had a war over it and got itself into debt.
It has never really gotten out since.
mike805
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