Originally Posted by milespatton
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I can't speak for the people plowing a 40 acre farm in the back woods of Tennessee. Slave owners weren't the one's manning the cannons.


An oft overlooked fact. Lots of cotton grown on small farms without any slaves. Unless you call the wife and kids slaves. miles


Cotton was the cash crop for small farmers. Corn was for animal feed and whiskey (which was also cash) and a little cotton would allow him to buy the things he couldn't otherwise acquire.