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No it did not, the South weathered the panic better and cotton prices remained high despite a small decline overall and production increased. Thus in the eyes of many Southerners their economic model was superior to the North. The claim that Cotton is King had it's origins in this crisis.

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Q: The panic of 1857 virtually distoryed the southern cotton economy?
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