Whether Lincoln was an abolitionist or not, this statement is nonsense.
There were NEVER any taxes on exports of cotton, or indeed on exports of anything else.
Taxes were placed on imports, and a purchaser of the imported item in Iowa or New York paid exactly the same additional amount to cover the tariff as a buyer in South Carolina or Texas.
The war started over taxes on cotton exports.
Whether Lincoln was an abolitionist or not, this statement is nonsense.
There were NEVER any taxes on exports of cotton, or indeed on exports of anything else.
Taxes were placed on imports, and a purchaser of the imported item in Iowa or New York paid exactly the same additional amount to cover the tariff as a buyer in South Carolina or Texas.
I have posted a multitude of documentation on FR in the past, including an actual pdf file of a NY Times article in Feb 1862, saying that you are wrong. You are a victim of revisionist history.