I just read in the Civil War times, that the South was worth over 200 million dollars a year to the City of New York. 40 cents of every dollar spent on Southern Cotton was received by New York City,,,,,,
The Mayor of New York was at the center of a secession plan to secede from the State of New York and create a State of the Islands of Manhattan,Staten, and Long Island. He planned to call it Tri-insula, which means Three Islands in Latin, you reckon we could have figgered thatun out,,,,, I'll let yall know how it finishes after I read the complete article.