[Non-Sequitur]

Thank you for the suggestion, but I did read the entire chapter. There was nothing that justified that suggestion. Another sneaky red herring-non-sequitur on your part.

Really? Not even the fact that I quoted word for word from the chapter itself?

In 1860, the South imported $346 million dollars worth of products. Of this list of goods, $240 million came from the Northern manufacturers and suppliers, and imported goods sold to the South was $106 million.

You keep saying that. Others quote much smaller figures. And neither rises to the level of providing a large minority of federal tariff revenue, much less the overwhelming majority that you claim came from the South.

[PeaRidge]

Regardless of what you think and “what others say”, the data is this:

In 1860, the South imported $346 million dollars worth of products. Of this list of goods, $240 million came from the Northern manufacturers and suppliers, and imported goods sold to the South was $106 million.