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King Cotton
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English
Pronunciation
en /ˌkɪŋˈkɒtn̩/ 1
Proper noun
king cotton
en obsolete A personification of the cotton production of the southern United States.
References
Frank Lawrence Owsley, King Cotton Diplomacy: Foreign relations of the Confederate States of America (1931)
Boyer, The Enduring Vision. 4th Edition
John Mack Faragher, et al., Out of Many: A History of the American People. Volume 1, Fourth Edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2003
en American Civil War Cotton Personifications Slavery