Chapter 31

Foresight of Great Britain; Hon. George Thompson's predictions; Their failure; England's dependence on Slave labor; Blackwood's Magazine; London Economist; McCullough; Her exports of cotton goods; Neglect to improve the proper moment for Emancipation; Admission of Gerrit Smith; _Cotton_, its exports, its value, extent of crop, and cost of our cotton fabrics; _Provissions_, their value, their export, their consumption; _Groceries_, source of their supplies, cost of amount consumed; Our total indebtedness to Slave labor; How far Free labor sustains Slave labor. 61