On the record
Cotton is the product of slave labor, and its profits at home are confined almost exclusively to the slaveholders.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “Cotton is the product of slave labor, and its profits at home are confined almost exclusively to the slaveholders.”
Editor's note · Context
Tappan emphasizes that the profits from cotton primarily benefit slaveholders, not the broader population.
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