Excerpt from Sectionalism and Party Politics in Alabama, 1819-1842: A Dissertation There was a common saying in certain parts of Alabama between 1836 and 1852 that where one found rich black soil, there one would find a slave; where one found a slave, there one would find a bale of cotton; and where one found a bale of cotton, there one would find a Whig. Like all aphorisms, this was not altogether true; but it verged on the truth, as did the negative side of the statement, - and the explanation of that situation is the burden of this monograph. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.