Cotton Cultivation In Africa Suggestions On The Importance Of The Cultivation Of Cotton In Africa In Reference To The Abolition Of Slavery In The

Author : Benjamin Coates
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483339545
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Cotton Cultivation in Africa written by Benjamin Coates and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cotton Cultivation in Africa: Suggestions on the Importance of the Cultivation of Cotton But there are some who believe that the present is the proper time for action, and that they have a duty to perform in this great work, that should not be ne gleeted. To such it is desired to make a few sugges tions, under a belief that, with proper effort, much may be done now to effect the desired result, and that mea sures maybe commenced immediately, which will even tuate, at no distant period, in a general emancipation, without violence of any kind, and without any collision with the laws of the land. As slavery originated in the spirit of gain, by which alone it is still sustained, it is proposed to make use of the same agency to accomplish its overthrow. It is generally conceded that the profit derived from the culture of Cotton is the chief support of slavery in America, and this being the most vulnerable point, is that towards which the attack on the institution should be directed; for whatever shall prove a 111ilable in making slave labor unprofitable, must of course cause the demand for that labor to cease. It is proposed to accomplish this result by means of the cultivation of cotton in Africa, with the use of free labor. As the soil of Africa is much more fertile than that of the United States, and is particularly adapted to the growth of cotton, the advantages in its favor must be apparent to the most superficial observer; for not only can all the best varieties at present cultivated in the United States, be more cheaply raised in or Central Africa, but there are several kinds indigenous to that conti nent, of superior quality, that have been highly ap proved in the English market. W'hen it is remembered that this plant is perennial in Africa, and produces very much more than it does in America, where it must be planted annually, the superiority of the former over the latter will be very obvious; but in comparing the cost of labor in the two countries, the difference is still greater in favor of the free labor of Africa, over the slave labor of America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.