. Civil war and reconstruction in Alabama . iles away there would be greatsuffering from want. Depreciated currency and the impressmentlaws made the producer wary of going to market at all. He pre-ferred to keep what he had and hve upon it, effecting changes in theold way of barter. Cows, hogs, chickens, mules, farm implements,cotton, corn, peas — all were exchanged and reexchanged for oneanother. The farmer tended more and more to become indepen-dent of the merchant and of money. Consequently the townspeoplesuffered. Confederate money, at first received at par, soon begiijnto depreciate, thou
. Civil war and reconstruction in Alabama . iles away there would be greatsuffering from want. Depreciated currency and the impressmentlaws made the producer wary of going to market at all. He pre-ferred to keep what he had and hve upon it, effecting changes in theold way of barter. Cows, hogs, chickens, mules, farm implements,cotton, corn, peas — all were exchanged and reexchanged for oneanother. The farmer tended more and more to become indepen-dent of the merchant and of money. Consequently the townspeoplesuffered. Confederate money, at first received at par, soon begiijnto depreciate, though the most patriotic people considered it theftduty to accept it at its par value.^ Acts of Ala., Dec. 10, 1861. 2 Two years after the passage of the Sequestration Law its entire proceeds in theConfederacy amounted to less than $2,000,000. Pollard, Lost Cause, p. 220. Suspension of specie payments had been made in order to prevent a drain on thebanks. The Confederate government took possession of some of the coin, while much Ki** Qr. Alabama Money. ri-«flttB:4j»*.fc#!,*n.^\ ;;rfi|fi|w .> ^f,\.<*■.^^ •.-■^H -* .». St
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