I am not going to go along with your attempt to pretend they didn't pay 72% of the taxes through your attempted misdirection of whether it was imports or exports.
As I said, it's the same stuff. It was *THEIR* stuff, and therefore they paid the taxes to the government.
Do you get taxed on work? Or do you get taxed on pay?
Do you get your pay without your work?
Is not a tax on pay the same as a tax on work?
Stop being childish with your deliberate misunderstanding of how economics work.
Bottom line is the South was being taxed at ridiculous levels, while the North was getting mostly a free ride.
And also, this point doesn't even address the fact that the South was compelled to use Northern industries because of laws passed by congress with the sole intent of enriching Northern industry.
There was 700 million per year coming out of the South and landing in the pockets of the North, but they never teach that in history, because it makes the North look like a bunch of greedy corrupt bastards instead of Noble people who were only concerned about the welfare of slaves.
You are struggling buddy. How did the federal government tax their sales to Europeans? When the Yankees sold corn or wheat to Europe, they didn’t pay any taxes. But you insist the Southerners paid taxes on their cotton, tobacco and indigo sales to Europe. Who collected those taxes? I think anyone paying attention can see that you are full of manure.