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Abolitionists opposed cotton production in the South primarily because it relied on the brutal system of slavery, which dehumanized and exploited enslaved individuals. They viewed the inhumane conditions and harsh treatment that enslaved people endured as morally reprehensible. Additionally, the cotton economy perpetuated racial inequality and violence, which abolitionists sought to eradicate in their fight for human rights and social justice. Overall, the abolitionist movement aimed to dismantle the economic foundations that supported slavery and promote freedom and equality for all.
In the south it was cotton. Millions of bales of cotton were produced.
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The cotton gin led to a huge increase in the number of slaves in the South. This happened because the cotton gin caused more cotton to be produced.
As the US cotton industry developed, other countries became more dependent on cotton produced in the American South. The power of cotton allowed the Confederacy to employ cotton diplomacy as its foundation for foreign relations during the Civil War.Cotton was a highly desirable commodity. Until the South became a major cotton producer, Egypt was the main cotton producing country. Cotton was expensive in Europe until the South gained the ability to produce it cheaply. This allowed them to develop trade relationships with other countries. Southern cotton allowed cotton to be affordable to other classes besides the wealthy in Europe.
Abolitionists opposed cotton production in the South primarily because it relied on the brutal system of slavery, which dehumanized and exploited enslaved individuals. They viewed the inhumane conditions and harsh treatment that enslaved people endured as morally reprehensible. Additionally, the cotton economy perpetuated racial inequality and violence, which abolitionists sought to eradicate in their fight for human rights and social justice. Overall, the abolitionist movement aimed to dismantle the economic foundations that supported slavery and promote freedom and equality for all.
In the south it was cotton. Millions of bales of cotton were produced.
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In the south it was cotton. Millions of bales of cotton were produced.
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Most of the cotton produced in the American South after the invention of the cotton gin was sold to Great Britain. The British textile industry relied heavily on American cotton to fuel its production of textiles during the Industrial Revolution. This trade relationship greatly increased the demand for cotton, leading to the expansion of cotton plantations in the South.
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The crops that the Deep South produced was cotton, rice, and sugar.
The South, mainly South Carolina, was opposed to protective tariffs because they would sell most of their cotton to England.
The cotton gin led to a huge increase in the number of slaves in the South. This happened because the cotton gin caused more cotton to be produced.
The Northeners that opposed abolition were the people who profited from it, sach as the textile mill owners and merchants who relied on slave labor in the South for cotton.