[Gutenberg 28148] • Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments / Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on this Important Subject
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- Authors
- Unknown
- Tags
- scott , reference , dred , slavery -- justification , slavery -- united states , 1809-1858 , united states -- fugitive slave law (1850)
- Date
- 1860-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.01 MB
- Lang
- en
*Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments* is a collection of essays and speeches from the antebellum American South, making philosophical, economic, anthropological, and theological arguments in favor of slavery. It provides a fascinating view into the minds of slave owners on the precipice of the American Civil War.
It contains the following publications:
\-- D. Christy: "Cotton is king: or, Slavery in the light of political economy."
\-- A. T. Bledsoe: "Liberty and slavery: or, Slavery in the light of moral and political philosophy."
\-- T. Stringfellow: "The Bible argument: or, Slavery in the light of divine revelation."
\-- Chancellor Harper: "Slavery in the light of social ethics."
\-- J. H. Hammond: "Slavery in the light of political science."
\-- S. A. Cartwright: "Slavery in the light of ethnology."
\-- E. N. Elliot: "Slavery in the light of international law."
\-- Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case.
\-- C. Hodge: "The fugitive slave law."
\-- C. Hodge: "The Bible argument on slavery."
\-- S. A. Cartwright: "The education, labor, and wealth of the South."