No, the government used thr fed to print money at interests. Thus, it was loaned and the people upon birth are collateral. This existed well before 1913. That date was just to create the bunk income tax. Before that America was founded by aristocratic freemasons who wanted to build their own country. They exploited the people then, and they are doing it now. Few now exist who are against this system of debt and servitude. In the 19th century there were a few, such as Andrew Jackson, though even he wanted to create a central banking apparatus that was against Lincoln and his debt based greenback.