President of the United States of America (1829-1837), and cotton planter: "Hence the negro labour in the Southern States of the American Union preserved something of a patriarchal character, so long as production was chiefly directed to immediate local consumption. But in proportion, as the export of cotton became of vital interest to these states,
país: America
año: 1963
Yvert: 740b
![the overworking of the negro, and sometimes the using up of his life in 7 years of labour, became a factor in a calculated and calculating system. It was no longer a question of obtaining from him a certain quantity of useful products. It was now a question of production of surplus labour itself". (Karl Marx, 1887 [2010]: 35, 244)](https://encyclopaediaphilatelica.net/storage/uploads/604e3d6a965cc-phpbpipw0.jpeg)
