Cotton is King: or the Culture of Cotton, and its Relation to Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce; to the Colored People; and to Those Who Hold That Slavery is in Itself Sinful
Cotton is King: or the Culture of Cotton, and its Relation to Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce; to the Colored People; and to Those Who Hold That Slavery is in Itself Sinful
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Christy argued that immediate abolition remained an impossibility because of the moral inferiority of people of African descent and the global dependence on cotton. He referred to the abolitionist movement as “fruitless warfare” and championed the colonization movement, which focused on the relocation of free Black people.