Britain continued defacto slavery in the farther reaches of the Empire. See also James Michener's "Caribbean", with its treatment of Rotten Boroughs, the more p

Britain continued defacto slavery in the farther reaches of the Empire. See also James Michener's "Caribbean", with its treatment of Rotten Boroughs, the more progressive of the Fabian Socialists and the like. This is what is significant to me about the use of Egyptian cotton instead of Southern cotton after the war as feedstock for the textile industry. Improvement in this plane is very difficult.