It really didn't fail. At the start of the civil war the southern planters thought the English would help them fight the war because they needed the cotton. What they didn't count on was that there were warehouses full of cotton and the English didn't have to buy it due to the surplus. Cotton is still a major crop in the southern states.
Because the British happened to have a surplus of cotton from several good years in a row.
King Cotton didn't invent nothing because King Cotton was named after Sea Island Cotton....It was named Sea Island Cotton before they got the name King Cotton and there is your answer
He ate cotton candy
Yes, slaves had to pick king cotton; "King Cotton" is just another name for Cotton during the times of slavery before the American Civil War. It was a phrase used in those times since cotton was so important.
Cotton was King.
cotton was considered as "king" in the south.
Cotton was the crop king of the south.
Cotton
The Cotton King - 1915 was released on: USA: 30 August 1915
King Cotton - 1910 was released on: USA: 12 April 1910
King Cotton - 1913 was released on: USA: 17 January 1913
King Cotton - 1925 was released on: USA: 3 May 1925