It was also a con in the original civil war, which was about money, not slavery.
Question for you — I’ve actually been meaning to ask you and now seems like an opportunity. I believe that New Orleans (because of its location) was seen as a real economic powerhouse early in the nineteenth century. Of course, New York City was sort of the traditional “center of the world” for the US economy, but with cotton crops becoming a big economic factor, and the invention of steamships going up and down the Mississippi, I think New Orleans was considered a big threat to the Northern economic system. I think this was a factor in the push for a North-South conflict. I don’t think this is talked about very much (historians prefer to say “it was all about slavery”) but do you know of any decent books or resources which might focus on the economic power of New Orleans before the Civil War?
“It was also a con in the original civil war, which was about money, not slavery.”
Right, I’m gonna take my sons to Osawatamie and chop up five people with swords because of money.