The End of King Cotton, 1865
The End of King Cotton “Behold me dangling up and down, In a Hemp tie ‘stead of a cotton crown. Neither my leg bail nor cotton bale Could save me from the coffin’s nail- And here I swing, in Read More …
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Hemp is King of Cotton, 1861
Zouave with flag, c.1861 Civil War Postal Cover (printed picture on envelopes for decoration) “Jeff Davis boasts that “cotton’s king,” Upon his throne so rotten- But he’ll soon find, amid his swing, That Hemp is king of cotton.” Read More …