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Reed Fagan
is on page 429 of 920
Ch "The Three Races in the US"
Sec "Commercial Prosperity of the US"
"...I cannot help believing that [the Americans] will one day become the foremost maritime power of the globe. They are born to rule the seas, as the Romans were to conquer the world."
Neat section where dT notes that Americans were quickly becoming the best at shipping b/c they took every risk, & sometimes wrecked, but got back out again.
— 3 hours, 26 min ago
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Sec "Commercial Prosperity of the US"
"...I cannot help believing that [the Americans] will one day become the foremost maritime power of the globe. They are born to rule the seas, as the Romans were to conquer the world."
Neat section where dT notes that Americans were quickly becoming the best at shipping b/c they took every risk, & sometimes wrecked, but got back out again.
Reed Fagan
is on page 403 of 920
Ch "3 Races"
Sec "Chances of Duration of Am. Union, & Threats to It"
Keeping w/ dT's beliefs that the "the haves vs the have-nots" dynamic would yield a race war in America, he accurately describes the growing rift b/w the South & the North in the 1830s, by which Southerners perceived losing out to the uneven growth of the Northerners' numbers/wealth/opportunity/political power. Seems same thing animating politics rn
— Oct 03, 2026 01:39PM
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Sec "Chances of Duration of Am. Union, & Threats to It"
Keeping w/ dT's beliefs that the "the haves vs the have-nots" dynamic would yield a race war in America, he accurately describes the growing rift b/w the South & the North in the 1830s, by which Southerners perceived losing out to the uneven growth of the Northerners' numbers/wealth/opportunity/political power. Seems same thing animating politics rn
Reed Fagan
is on page 381 of 920
Ch "3 Races"
Sec "Sit. of the Black Race"
Surprised at the insight dT sheds here. Taught me that an imbalance arose necessarily b/w North & South b/c in the N abundant white men sought jobs & thus grew wealth but in the S few white men had to support slaves year-round & thus built wealth more slowly. Also he saw "Negroes" [sic] as humans moreso than seemingly Americans, N & S. But also saw a race war as unavoidable.
— Oct 03, 2026 11:55AM
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Sec "Sit. of the Black Race"
Surprised at the insight dT sheds here. Taught me that an imbalance arose necessarily b/w North & South b/c in the N abundant white men sought jobs & thus grew wealth but in the S few white men had to support slaves year-round & thus built wealth more slowly. Also he saw "Negroes" [sic] as humans moreso than seemingly Americans, N & S. But also saw a race war as unavoidable.
