Before the war, the US South was THE global source of cotton.
Other places grew cotton. But only the US South grew enough to ship to England & feed its Industrial Revolution textile boom.
US planters knew this! They thought it meant the British Empire would have to join their side in the war.
Sarah Taber /
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2025-04-30 18:04:01
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