… believe that the system of slavery has no impact on the modern era and that it's yesterday's news. They fail to realize that by 1840, the Southern states harvested "sixty percent of the world's cotton and provided some… believe that the system of slavery has no impact on the modern era and that it's yesterday's news. They fail to realize that by 1840, the Southern states harvested "sixty percent of the world's cotton and provided some seventy percent of cotton consumed by the British textile industry. Thus slavery paid for a substantial share of the capital, iron, and manufactured goods that laid the basis for American economic growth."
Dr. Allison Wiltz