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"During the war, tarrifs on exported goods were raised to support America's military efforts, but afterward Northern lawmakers continued to vote for higher and higher taxes on exports and imports. These surcharges punished the South for selling its goods in Europe instead of the North. The new laws also forced the South to buy its manufactured goods from the North." First of all, try spelling "tariffs" correctly. Secondly, there were no taxes on exports. Thirdly, how did tariffs "force the South to buy its manufactured goods from the North"? What would have been wrong with making their own goods as many Southern leaders had urged? -- a reader
This section doesn't contain any material on the Indian Removal Act. Will it be added? Do these topics belong together?-- Parkwells 21:13, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
There are no numbers given to provide understanding of overall population or population in different regions before and after the cotton gin was introduced. No numbers makes it hard to understand changing demographics in the Low Country and Upcountry. How many enslaved African Americans were imported, how many ended up in the upcountry counties? It would be beneficial to have data as well as narrative. -- Parkwells 15:00, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
This section doesn't contain any data, even basic demographics, to tell readers about the enslaved African Americans themselves - how many there were, what trades and skills they practiced, what proportion of the population they comprised, what their culture was about. They were people with their own culture, not just an abstract serving white men. This was a period when the Gullah-Geechee culture developed in the Low Country. It has been recognized as a unique culture with a definable language and religious traditions with ties to Africa.-- Parkwells 14:55, 16 October 2007 (UTC)-- Parkwells 16:41, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
I could be wrong, but isn't the first sentence of the last paragraph discussing William Harper, not Thomas Harper? 69.181.79.187 ( talk) 01:32, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
I've added a couple of in-line citations which show up on the edit page, but do not show up automatically under Citations, and on the regular page, do not open up the cite. I don't know how to fix this.-- Parkwells ( talk) 16:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
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"During the war, tarrifs on exported goods were raised to support America's military efforts, but afterward Northern lawmakers continued to vote for higher and higher taxes on exports and imports. These surcharges punished the South for selling its goods in Europe instead of the North. The new laws also forced the South to buy its manufactured goods from the North." First of all, try spelling "tariffs" correctly. Secondly, there were no taxes on exports. Thirdly, how did tariffs "force the South to buy its manufactured goods from the North"? What would have been wrong with making their own goods as many Southern leaders had urged? -- a reader
This section doesn't contain any material on the Indian Removal Act. Will it be added? Do these topics belong together?-- Parkwells 21:13, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
There are no numbers given to provide understanding of overall population or population in different regions before and after the cotton gin was introduced. No numbers makes it hard to understand changing demographics in the Low Country and Upcountry. How many enslaved African Americans were imported, how many ended up in the upcountry counties? It would be beneficial to have data as well as narrative. -- Parkwells 15:00, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
This section doesn't contain any data, even basic demographics, to tell readers about the enslaved African Americans themselves - how many there were, what trades and skills they practiced, what proportion of the population they comprised, what their culture was about. They were people with their own culture, not just an abstract serving white men. This was a period when the Gullah-Geechee culture developed in the Low Country. It has been recognized as a unique culture with a definable language and religious traditions with ties to Africa.-- Parkwells 14:55, 16 October 2007 (UTC)-- Parkwells 16:41, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
I could be wrong, but isn't the first sentence of the last paragraph discussing William Harper, not Thomas Harper? 69.181.79.187 ( talk) 01:32, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
I've added a couple of in-line citations which show up on the edit page, but do not show up automatically under Citations, and on the regular page, do not open up the cite. I don't know how to fix this.-- Parkwells ( talk) 16:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)