On the eve of the American Civil War, Democratic Sen. James Henry Hammond of South Carolina warned his Northern colleagues not to mess with slavery. Otherwise, the South's plantation grandees could grind the global economy to a halt by refusing to plant cotton. Today, both economic blackmail and the arrogance...
On the eve of the American Civil War, Democratic Sen. James Henry Hammond of South Carolina warned his Northern colleagues not to mess with slavery. Otherwise, the South’s plantation grandees could grind the global economy to a halt by refusing to plant cotton. Today, both economic blackmail and the arrogance…
