John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
10423 Appendix John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 10423 |
| AUTHOR: | Appendix |
| QUOTATION: | Cotton is King; or, Slavery in the Light of Political Economy. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | This is the title of a book by David Christy (1855). The expression “Cotton is king” was used by James Henry Hammond in the United States Senate, March, 1858. |