New England did not want to leave the Union in 1812, and did not; a few radical
federalists did, and it killed their party; one of the things they hated about
the constitution was the immense power it handed slavery and the South; by
counting slaves for electing presidents through the electoral college, the South
had been able to defeat Adams in 1800 (without the electoral votes from slaves,
Jefferson loses to Adams).  But in fact New England did not leave the Union or
even try to do so.

Your theory about slavery being too expensive has been demolished by every
serious economist and economic historian who has looked that slavery.  It is a
nice myth that has no basis in reality.

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> Then why did New England want to leave the Union in 1812....not over slavery.
> I'm not saying the slavery was not part of the equation I think there other
> issues like taxes..trade tariffs, and this issue of slavery. The North was
> becoming economically stronger than the South...industry and the growth on a
> "free Labor" ( which in some cases was worse than the situation slaves found
> themselves in) meant the North would be the power....the North would then
> dictated the prices of capital goods which the South needed..dictated
> interest rates on loans...etc.. Frankly I think if the war had never come the
> South would moved away from slavery has a labor source as it becomes too
> expensive to maintain.
>
> WC Buser
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