Why did southern states prefer to buy manufactured goods from Britain rather than from the northern states here at home?

In the South cotton was "King" and much of that cotton was demanded by the British to fuel their industrial revolution. Britain became a logical trading partner. Furthermore the South resented buying manufactured goods from the North whom they felt was prospering on their labor. The South also deemed the tariffs raised on goods from out of the country only benefited the manufacturing of the North. In addition they looked upon the North as a kind of an enemy since the nullification process and the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions earlier in the century.