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6: When Cotton Became King

The History of American Slavery by Slate Podcasts

Feb 1, 202045:55Society & Culture

This episode was originally released in 2015. In Episode 6 of the History of American Slavery, hosts Rebecca Onion and Jamelle Bouie explore the rise of the antebellum cotton economy in the early decades of the 19th cent...

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