Go Get em Gavin!

Exactly how many companies would that be? Company would’ve had to exist before the Civil War and be based in the South.

And the South rejected industrialization for slavery. . .

The south didn’t have the geography for industrialization.

The South, from its early settlement, had tied its economy to large scale production of staple crops; which by the 19th century was primarily cotton. The South had an extended growing season and fertile soil which lent itself to agriculture. The North, by contrast, had a short growing season, rocky soil, but more importantly had a large number of rivers and streams which could be used to operate factories. Industrialization never took off in the South because the people of the South saw no reason to industrialize.

Actually slavery was on it's way out because it was economically unviable and the the South slave owners had big problems with trying to grow on the land they had. . .then Andrew Jackson came along, committed the first official Trail Of Tears and sold the prime southern farm land that used to belong to the Indians to the slave owners which revitalized the the South and slave industry . .and that was all before Andrew became president. . .

Interesting.

But what about the Mississippi and all its tributaries, couldn't there have been some such development along that area? Plus what about the last century with various energy sources and modern modes of transportation? With slavery out and agriculture being less and less profitable, why had industrialization lagged?

its funny that Gavin Newsom says Trump has blocked access to the free press. Yet he's the same guy who signed a bill into law that criminalizes and penalizes those who exposed fraud in his state.

Question. How many slavery era officials do you think are alive right now?