[WhiskeyPapa]

Slavery played a great role in the war, but so did other factors such as high taxes on the south compared to the north...

There were no federal taxes in 1860. None.

Walt

[GOPcapitalist]

There were no federal taxes in 1860. None

The congressional record indicates that a tariff with average rates of about 18% was enacted federally in 1857 and stayed in place until it was doubled in 1861, and then raised again to over 45%.