But more importantly, lots of other places around the world could grow huge amounts of cotton. They just didn't yet.
Up until 1861 US cotton had been so cheap, there was no way for anyone else to grow cotton competitively.
All that changed when the South stopped exporting!
Sarah Taber /
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