King Cotton
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɪŋˈkɒtn̩/
Proper noun
King Cotton
- (obsolete) A personification of the cotton production of the southern United States.
References
- Frank Lawrence Owsley, King Cotton Diplomacy: Foreign relations of the Confederate States of America (1931)
- Boyer, The Enduring Vision. 4th Edition
- John Mack Faragher, et al., Out of Many: A History of the American People. Volume 1, Fourth Edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2003