
Confederate leaders hoped that agriculture would be the basis of their wealth. Here, a New Orleans wharf is crowded with cotton bales unloaded from steamships by enslaved people. (Granger, NYC)
Granger, NYC
Confederate leaders hoped that agriculture would be the basis of their wealth. Here, a New Orleans wharf is crowded with cotton bales unloaded from steamships by enslaved people. (Granger, NYC)
Granger, NYC