Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments: Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartwright, on This Important Subject
Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments: Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartwright, on This Important Subject
Description:
The author made four key points: that God sanctioned slavery, that the United States protected slavery in the Constitution, that the law recognized slavery, and that slavery as a southern practice should be characterized as one “full of mercy.”