Description

John Bull kneels on a slave in front of an anthropomorphized, crowned and sceptered bale of cotton. A long slip of paper reading ""Manchester"" protrudes from John Bull's pocket. The image is captioned, ""King Cotton. - Ha! I thought I'd fetch ye. Let me see: establish direct taxation, ruin home manufactures and destroy our commerce? All right - I'll do it; but mind ye, I must insist upon the African Slave Trade! John Bull. - Great potentate, that's no affair of ours; manage it as you like only sell us plenty of the staple, and break down the tariff.""

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Union College

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