The Cotton Kingdom by Frederick Law Olmsted

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/214621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cotton Kingdom Author: Frederick Law Olmsted Narrator: John Lescault Format: mp3 Length: 24 hrs and 29 mins Release date: 12-31-19 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 30 ratings Genres: Black & African American Publisher's Summary: The Cotton Kingdom recounts his daily observations of the curse of slavery: the poverty it brought to both black and white people, the inadequacies of the plantation system, and the economic consequences and problems associated with America’s most “peculiar institution.” Disproving the opinion that “cotton is king”, Olmsted examined the huge differences between the economies of the northern and southern states, contrasting the more successful, wealthy, and progressive North with the South, which was stubbornly convinced of the necessity of slavery.