CONTENTS.

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LETTER TO WILLIAM H. GREGORY, Esq., M.P.

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CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTION — Early CULTURE AND MANUFACTURE OF Cotton

SLAVERY.

CHAPTER II.

THE PRODUCTION OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN STATES-THE MONOPOLY

OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

19

CHAPTER III.

THE MISSISSIPPI UNION BANK BONDS .

39

CHAPTER IV.

THE PRESENT STATE OF THE TRADE—THE GROWTH OF COTTON IN

THE WORLD

49

CHAPTER V.

BRITISH OPINIONS ON THE COTTON QUESTION PRIOR TO THE DISSOLU-

TION OF THE AMERICAN UNION

165

CHAPTER VI.

REMARKS ON THE SPEECHES OF Mr. Bright ~ FREE AND SLAVE

LABOUR

77

CHAPTER VII.

THE IMPORTANCE OF AMERICAN COTTON_THE POLITICAL HERESIES

OF SEWARD AND LINCOLN

CHAPTER VIII.

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THE AMERICAN COTTON CROPS_SOUTHERN WEALTH AND NORTHERN

PROFITS'.

106

CHAPTER IX.

THE BRITISH COTTON TRADE_STATISTICS FROM 1697 to 1863

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CHAPTER X.

THE WHEAT TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND AMERICA-

EXPORTS OF PRODUCE FROM THE STATES

132

CHAPTER XI.

AMERICAN CURRENCY AND COMMERCE—THE WEST INDIA TRADE-

GENERAL REMARKS

139

CHAPTER XII.

THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE-FREE AND SLAVE NEGROES IN THE

AMERICAN STATES

189

APPENDIX

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