I'm a Yankee too.
There were bad things about the old South, but you (and others) nead to realize that there were also bad things about the old North. Unfortunately for those of us who believe in limited government (like Madison and Jefferson) the bad things from the old South are history, and for free people, at least, the bad things of the old North are much worse and live on.
ML/NJ
Please don't misunderstand--I wasn't taking sides, just making an observation. The North had slavery too, they just ended it sooner, there were terrible draft riots in 1863 where dozens if not hundreds of free blacks were killed, and terrible labor conditions in sweat shops, etc. I wasn't lauding the North over the South at all. Sorry if I gave you the wrong impression.