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Page 28
... Cotton and slavery were the twin pillars upon which rested the Southern economy and the Southern way of life . At the end of the eighteenth century , cotton had been a comparatively minor Southern crop , and slavery an institution with ...
... Cotton and slavery were the twin pillars upon which rested the Southern economy and the Southern way of life . At the end of the eighteenth century , cotton had been a comparatively minor Southern crop , and slavery an institution with ...
Page 399
... Cotton idea lingered on in other forms . Severe restrictions were imposed on actual cotton - growing , and this time public opinion was backed up by laws passed by several state legislatures . The idea was to restrict the cotton crop to ...
... Cotton idea lingered on in other forms . Severe restrictions were imposed on actual cotton - growing , and this time public opinion was backed up by laws passed by several state legislatures . The idea was to restrict the cotton crop to ...
Page 400
... cotton from Union - occupied parts of the South was finding its way across the Atlantic . All in all , British cotton supplies in the last year of the war were up to three - quarters of pre - war levels , and there were fears of an end ...
... cotton from Union - occupied parts of the South was finding its way across the Atlantic . All in all , British cotton supplies in the last year of the war were up to three - quarters of pre - war levels , and there were fears of an end ...
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