Tariffs of 1857, written by a Virginia senator, gave them lower tariffs than they'd seen in half a century

The south has become marginalized and almost entirely forgotten just as “flyover country” is almost always forgotten in politics.

There were no planes

Democrats controlled Congress until losing the House in 1859

And the south marginalized itself

63% of federal revenues were from tariffs in New York alone

Its production power and sophistication was far lower than the north

New York had what a population of 2-3 million?

Ehen the next biggest had 100k?

It’s because of population and the massive differences in what was considered desirable for them that resulted in conflict. The South was agrarian and relied on the major cash crops in order to make a suitable profit, since, unlike the North, there were fewer industries because of a lack of investment in the region.

Except slavery wasnt desirable

It was only for the rich

That and the fact the South has prime farming land and, well, the region becomes completely foreign and has different interests than urban areas like New York City and other Northern cities.

You are literally upset farmers arent as powerfull as businessmen

Are you a communist?

Note that nothing in their declarations of secession mentioned anything about tariffs.

Note that the problem wasn’t tariffs, but the fact that they’d had enough of being the punching bag of a highly bias system:

No

The South was forgotten and neglected.

Of a system they lost control of

In 1860, customs collected $53 million. 8% of that from southern ports.

Bit mah marginalization

They were marginal boots

Wow, for a bunch of Trump supporters, you really think that the South was evil because they seceded for the same reasons why the rust belt states and flyover country flipped to being red states in this election.

Just get over it. Its not even an argument.

Didnt save evil

Apples and oranges

Lincoln was the final straw of decades of being the bottom of the political ladder.

They werent however free from all wrongdoings

No, I think Davis was an evil bastard.

They had tons of their own

Bottom of the political ladder except for dominating Congress

Like Rags said they had congress less than 5 years prior

And Lincoln was a misguided person who ended up making things worse instead of better.

They werent oppressed for decades

The south seceded to keep slavery. They said so themselves.

And the south started the problem that Lincoln handled poorly

Ragnarok, if they “dominated congress,” as you say, then why the fuck do you think they had to make so many compromises throughout a short period of time?

Its their own fault

Because Jackson threatened military force

Because they got bought off