In the 1830s, the South Carolina legislature voted to nullify federal tariffs that were believed to help northern manufacturing businesses while hurting southern planters and slave owners.

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The South Carolina legislature did indeed vote to nullify federal tariffs in the 1830s, specifically the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832, which they believed disproportionately benefited Northern manufacturing interests at the expense of the Southern agricultural economy, leading to the Nullification Crisis.

In the 1830s, the South Carolina Legislature Voted to Nullify