DIRECT SLAVERY IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR CONTEMPORARY INDUSTRIALIZATION AS MUCH AS MACHINES, CREDITS, ETC. WITHOUT SLAVERY THERE IS NO COTTON AND WITHOUT COTTON THERE IS NO MODERN INDUSTRY. IT IS SLAVERY THAT HAS GIVEN VALUE TO THE COLONIES; IT IS THE COLONIES THAT HAVE CREATED THE WORLD TRADE; IT IS THE WORLD TRADE THAT IS THE SINE QUA NON OF LARGE