To feed “King Cotton,” more than a million African Americans were carried off into the Deep South. That’s two and a half times the number that were brought to the United States from Africa.

Deep in the South, in the northwest part ... As the price of cotton continued to fall, plantation owners tried to find creative ways to make money, raising livestock and turning old buildings into a ...

Being dependent on the United States for four-fifths of that which they use, they felt that American cotton was their king, hence they looked to other regions for relief. The city of Manchester ...