Billy Graham once counseled: âthe deeper issue for you isnât economic but spiritual.â
On the economic side, prior to the Civil War, tariffs on imports into southern ports, notably Charleston, South Carolina, provided the majority of the revenue for the U.S. Federal Government.
A Federal income tax did not exist yet.
Tariff taxes on foreign made goods caused them to be more expensive, causing people to buy domestically produced goods, mostly manufactured in Northern factories.
The Tariff taxes that helped the North hurt the South, as the South had few factories to protect.
Economically, the South was dependent on agriculture, primarily rice and cotton.
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Mississippi history group honours scholars, flag commission
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Mar 6, 2021 at 11:14 am EDT
JACKSON, Miss. The Mississippi Historical Society is honouring several scholars and groups, including a commission that designed a new state that voters adopted in November.
The society presented awards during its annual meeting Friday.
The lifetime achievement award went to retired professor Alferdteen Harrison, who co-founded a Black history museum in the capital city of Jackson. She was honoured for her scholarly research and preservation of Mississippi history, the society said in a news release.
Harrison was president of the society in 1991 and is former director of the Margaret Walker Alexander Center at Jackson State University. She helped found the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center and is now working to preserve the Scott-Ford House in Jackson’s Farish Street Historic District.