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Bound labor has always been a feature of capitalism (and wage labor was always a feature of the Southern system). Horne grossly overstates the point on the American Revolution, inverting the position that almost every Marxist writer from Marx on ever took on the American Revolution. There was no unified strategy in 1776 beyond independence. Nor was the Republican Party a unified force. Nor was the Lincoln administration consistent in its positions until near the very end. Next time you're at the library, please check out my recent book on _Free Labor: the Civil War and the Making of the American Working Class_ http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/83qmn2rk9780252039331.html It argues that the failure of Reconstruction includes the failure to reconstruct a workers movement that included the general strike activities that actually ended slavery. ML _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
