Whitelaw Reid: “The abolition of slavery was the death-blow to the great cotton…”

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The abolition of slavery was the death-blow to the great cotton interest of the United States.

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid reflects on the economic impact of the abolition of slavery on the cotton industry in the United States.

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Whitelaw Reid: “The abolition of slavery was the death-blow to the great cotton interest of the United States.”