[quote=Dinh AaronMk]
Let's not forget the slave trade.If you wanted to expand the new Southern economy one may make Naw'leans a slave port again. Can't imagine any impressive frigates anymore, but you could have smaller sailing barques made of scrap going out to the islands to capture slaves.
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There's plenty of pontoon boats, bass boats, and house boats around, so it wouldn't be too hard.

If you wanted to go the slave route, it'd make sense to go to some of the islands off the coast. Roanoke and the others wouldn't be heavily hit, and may have plenty of survivors. You could also just grab swamp folk from around the Okefenokee swamp. Stronger than normal, they'd basically be beasts of burden. Maybe even grab a few from Cherokee, NC if you really want to get racist.
And of course, grab any ghouls you can find and any super mutant you think you can tame. They'd be needed for dealing with anything radioactive you found, and cleaning the soil.