Chapter VI

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