abolition of slavery

Abolishing slavery was no cause for smugness

18 June 2022 9:00 am

When the 13 colonies of the United States declared independence in 1776, the first country to recognise the new nation…

An idealised view of a cotton plantation beside the Mississippi, c. 1880

The turbulent reign of King Cotton: the dark history of one of the world’s most important commodities

10 January 2015 9:00 am

If not for cotton, we would still be wearing wool. To equal current cotton production, we would need seven billion…