No, not in the same way that wool felts. Cotton lacks the 'hooks' that wool contains, so cotton doesn't 'stick together' as well as does wool.
They felt intoxicated by their power when the cotton exports bulked-up to more than 50% of the total. 'Cotton is King' was the cry, and eventually they felt strong enough to form a separate nation.
Cotton, felt, fluffy stuff etc.
Probably like the South felt when the North burned the cotton.
Fabric, cotton, fleece, lace, leather, denim, felt, and many more
For felt in our days we use machines instead of sheep fur (skin). Clothes Arent made out of felt because felt doesnt strecth and wouldn't really keep you warm! when you wash a cotton jumper you should wash it in a mild temp of water and quite slowly if you heat the water up and make the washing machine go faster when you come to take out your cotton jumper you acctually take out felt! sorry i am in the middle of doing a Textiles bit of home work
Worldwide demand for cotton
Worldwide demand for cotton
The northerners felt slavery was bad, although they bought cotton from the south that the slaves made. The southerners felt slavery was very useful to make and sell goods.
you may end up with cotton fever. totally not good !
Because they felt the Union was sacred. More urgently, they didn't want to lose the cotton revenues.
Because they felt there was a sanctity about it, enshrined by the Constitution. More urgently, they wanted to save the cotton revenues, which were over half the exports of the USA.
Davis suspended all cotton exports for a time, to make the world feel the loss of this commodity, to discourage them from any future boycotting of Confederate trade. But in that year, there was a glut of cotton on the world market, and other countries felt no great disruption to their textile business. At this early point, Davis could have used cotton to buy weapons from Europe. But in a few months, the blockade had become effective, and the South could not have exported cotton in any quantity if they tried.