what economists show this?  and even if true, that would have required a
political willingness to end slavery that did not exist in the South.
The South was willing to leave the Union and fire on Fort Sumpter to
preserve "the Cornerstone of the Confederacy."  THere was not sentiment
in the South to end slavery by any means.   Tom seems to forget that the
"wicked war" was initiated by the Confederacy.

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> Then why did Lincoln resort to a wicked war that killed over 600,000 men and
> did far more destruction than it would have cost to phase slavery peacefully
> out as was done in every other major nation on earth.   The same economists
> that show slavery could have been phased out have also showed, from an
> economic (not mentioning the deaths) point of view Lincoln's policy to fight
> the war was idiocy.
>
> Tom
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