[DiogenesLamp]

How does that explain that Charleston’s decline corresponded to the rise of other Southern ports?

I don't understand your question.

What it does explain is why a port that was not previously economical, would suddenly become economical.

[SoCal Pubbie]

“I don’t understand your question.”

I’ll ask it in another way. If Northern economic subjugation caused the decline of the Charleston port, why didn’t other Southern ports like New Orleans decline too?