The Federalist was Conservative but in Apartheid it was liberal
In the South, the preferred party of the Planter class was the Federalist Party. Just who do you think was tending to the fields of these Federalists?
In the North, the preferred party of the Merchant class was the Federalist Party. Just what do think some of these merchants were "trading in"?
This is what happens when you try to shoe horn a flawed narrative through 200 years of history, and it looks more like driving a dump truck through a Wal-Mart than a realistic historical narrative.