Yup. We've been fed a load of Bullsh*t about why the war was fought, but it boils down to rich liberals in the North getting angry they were going to be cut out of controlling the south's trade with Europe.
Yes, New York controlled all the cotton trades with Europe.
72$% of DC's revenue came from the South trading with Europe.
Yet, it was a man of the South, Jackson, a Small Government Conservatice, who would have crushed treason in it’s cradle.
I won’t challenge you about it because you probably know more about that aspect of the trade issue than I ever will. My limited knowledge about trade issues is based on how it impacted Canada *after* the war had already broken out but I do know that slavery only became an issue when Lincoln was trying to bluff Britain into taking the North’s side while Britain insisted on remaining neutral.