From an overview and looking at a review hopefully
this book will give me more insight into many of the things I’ve been teaching
for years, most importantly how slavery made possible the growth of the
attachment to liberty in the colony most productive of leaders establishing
America. I’ve been teaching that
concept, but didn’t have a firm grasp on elaborating it.
One question: Why is their a picture of slaves
processing cotton on the front? Cotton
wasn’t king until later. Virginia’s boom
crop was tobacco. Also, why are they
operating a cotton gin? Isn’t that after
the scope of this book. Maybe I’m being
pedantic, but I wonder if Morgan had a say in picking that picture. Or maybe it will make sense after I’m done.
Good question--my guess is that he did not. The press usually designs these things, especially when it is a big press like Norton.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Cotton is what most people associate with slavery so it may just have been a "catchy" choice for the cover of the book.
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