Do You Relate to "Confederate Flag"?

[BmorePat87]

(07-08-2015, 05:23 PM)Wyche Wrote: True, but don't forget how the Northern textile industry couldn't survive without control of the cotton.  England was handing them their hat with cheap Southern cotton before the "tariff".  There is inaccuracies from both sides.....

Cotton that was picked by slaves. While the North was developing industry, the South invested in slavery. 2/3 of the wealth of slave owners was tied to their slaves. They made their choice to double down on agriculture and slavery in the decades prior to the war while the North invested in manufacturing.

And while the South did not like protective tariffs that benefited the North, it was still not nearly as critical of an issue as maintaining the institution of slavery itself.