Originally published: 2nd ed. London : Macmillan, 1863. With a new preface.
"Published in cooperation with the Institute for Southern Studies and the South Caroliniana Society of the University of South Carolina."
The slave power : its character, career, and probable designs : being an attempt to explain the real issues involved in the American contest by John Elliott Cairnes. ISBN 1570035229. Published by University of South Carolina Press in 2003. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.