River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom
A historical study of how slavery and empire drove the rise of the Cotton Kingdom and shaped the antebellum South.
About This Book
This book examines the intertwined histories of slavery and economic expansion in the nineteenth-century American South.
It focuses on the Cotton Kingdom and the broader forces of empire and capitalism that shaped the region.
The work draws on historical records to analyze how enslaved labor underpinned both local economies and national growth.
Readers gain insight into the social and political structures that sustained slavery in the Mississippi Valley.
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