But they did tax Imports didn't they? It's not like the ladies had the mall or Wallyworld. Someone had to get the goods they needed that couldn't be produced at home. The South did have a lot of ports to Export goods but they also Imported quite a bit of stuff. There were quite a number of items that came from the North to the South by boat through Ports in the South. It was sort of like we sell the cotton to England but pay up the nose for that same cotton to come back in fabric. Yes, we had mills, but not all that many. If furniture wasn't available in your area, you paid for nice Yankee sideboards, with tax. Not just state and local tax.

Pam