History of the United States I / Unit 15 USH1 2121 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nine Million, Four Million
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The idea
The Confederacy's population of fewer than nine million included nearly four million enslaved people, counted as part of its strength.
In practice
A nation counting as an asset a population with every reason to want it defeated.
Where people slip
Over one hundred and ninety thousand of them fought for the Union, which entry 2154 covers. The arithmetic is inseparable from the institution.
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