[jjotto]

I’m sure the end of slavery with the American Civil War hiked the consumer price for cotton. So what?

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

I’m sure the end of slavery with the American Civil War hiked the consumer price for cotton. So what?

Great post!

[oldvirginian]

“I’m sure the end of slavery with the American Civil War hiked the consumer price for cotton. So what?”

The civil war actually killed King Cotton.
The Union blockade was so effective that bales of cotton were rotting on the docks at southern ports.
The European countries simply started buying from India and Egypt.

Cotton didn’t start coming back until well after the civil war.
Just in time for the Boll Weevil infestation.

BTW, cotton is still cleaned by hand in India for low pay in sweat shop conditions.
Save an Indian, demand American clothing made with American cotton.