2 thirds of the worlds supply of cotton in 1860
By 1860, cotton fueled the Southern economy and helped the Northern textile mills. Two thirds of the world's cotton was produced by the Southern plantations. The northern textile mills were effected by the disruption of the US Civil War in that by 1860, mills sold $100 million worth of cloth made from cotton.
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Most of Britain's cotton came from its colonies in India and later from the southern United States during the Industrial Revolution. The demand for cotton textiles and the expansion of the cotton industry in Britain drove the need for a steady supply of raw cotton.
In the early period the cash crop was tobacco. By 1850, it was cotton, which made the South very prosperous when it came to money. From this came the expression "Cotton is king!"
Since the cotton gin came out, the southern people were dramatically increasing enslaved people because of their key role in producing cotton and suger very fast
The Southern economy depended on cotton mostly and on slave trade, but they also depended slightly on tobacco. The south was also a big area in which ports were in so this means that a lot of imported goods came in. Hope this helps!
Cotton plants.
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cotton plant. it evolved from something else.
In 1860 the textile mills were heavily dependent of US cotton imports. Seventy-five percent of England's cotton came from the US.
I need to know from wish continent the cotton pillow came.