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

It’s because there was an imbalance of power between north and south just as, today, there is an imbalance of power between rural and urban.

There was a literal imbalance though

They werent even 10% of the country's production

Its like thinking people should treat dogs as complete equals

No, because the South was a minority region that had to be taken into consideration.

We aren’t a democracy.

We’re a republic.

Freeing slaves would give them actual power

It was taken into consideration

“Freeing slaves would give them actual power.”

Bullshit.

So you're for slavery?

Ok my dude

He's for slavery

It wouldn’t because, even if they freed all the slaves, they would still only have about one-fifth of the nation’s population.

Then they were marginal

Whats the problem?

The South was marginalized regardless of slavery.

Maybe the South should git gud

You sound like a socialist or communist right now

Instead of muh farms