Slavery, Cotton and Imperialism
When Slave-Owners, Tied to a Globalized Economy, Turned to Empire

http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/03/25/slavery-cotton-and-imperialism/
Date Written:  2014-03-25
Publisher:  CounterPunch
Year Published:  2014
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX16106

Whitney reviews River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom by Walter Johnson, on cotton production and slave ownership in the Mississippi River Valley prior to the U.S. Civil War.

Subject Headings

• Cotton
• Imperialism
• Slavery