I sympathize with this kid Wally Darling! Both of us love being neighbors and friends with others! And we are really so similar in so many ways! He is just so COLORFUL!
Aussies and Canadians are in my experience some of the most vocal nationalists I have ever met. At least, a certain demographic section. Less so, the general public.
Slavery fact of the day: The early 1800s saw widespread abolitionist sentiments across the whole South. Slavery was seen as a backwards and obsolete economic system due to its low margins and poor rentability. The South faced stiff competition from abroad.
All changed with the advent of cotton. The endless British hunger for cotton turned the impoverished South overnight filthy rich.