King Cotton

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English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkɪŋˈkɒtn̩/

Proper noun

King Cotton

(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

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