The Role Cotton Played in the 1800s Economy

The Role Cotton Played in the 1800s Economy

Cotton was 'king' in the plantation economy of the Deep South. The cotton economy had close ties to the Northern banking industry, New England textile factories and the economy of Great Britain.

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