I get how he might underestimate the intolerance in the South, but I didn't get the sense he was doing so in the North? In fact, he seemed to be saying the Nort

I get how he might underestimate the intolerance in the South, but I didn't get the sense he was doing so in the North? In fact, he seemed to be saying the North was MORE intolerant, in a lot of ways, then the South could be sometimes.