The great cotton plantations bordering the Mississippi are largely in the hands of Northern lessees; and few, if any of them have experienced the slightest difficulty from any hostility of the inhabitants.
Reid observes that Northern lessees manage large cotton plantations in the South without facing hostility from local inhabitants.
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