"Cotton is King; or Slavery in the Light of Political Economy."
— History of slavery

January 1, 1970

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David Christy, title of book (pub. 1855), the phrase "Cotton is King" was later used by James H. Hammond in the U.S. Senate in March 1858, and Governor Manning of South Carolina, in a speech at Columbia, S.C. (1858)