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When we aired this last year, the topic of commerce shutting down did not seem timely.\xa0Thus a re-run of our fourth of a series on American commerce, a look at three instances of when U.S. commerce was stopped seems appropriate.\xa0From an offensive war effort, to a bid for peace, to a management of peacetime. And we look at the effects of those interventions. The embargo of 1807 is an important part of the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson, not often examined in detailed compared to other events.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices