The same was true of Northern consumers. But how did that impact cotton supplies?
Your second comment misses the point that is being made that the south did not fight to protect slavery. It is a common charge you make but it is false.
Did someone tell the Southern leaders of the time? Because they all seem to think it was for slavery.
By golly, I didn’t realize a simple lesson in economics might be required to explain southern concerns over tariffs. There are plenty of good sources concerning tariff issues between 1830 and 1860.
Would you care to quote a southern leader that said the war was all about slavery? How about a general, or plain old ordinary soldier? How about quoting a black Confederate soldier?
Consider this as well. A civil war is about taking control of government. Look at Rome, Spain and many other examples. The American Civil War is misnamed, but I would expect the victors would have it their way with history and facts be damned. The all-powerful federal government, or as its defenders would say, “we just wanted to preserve the union.”