“...boycott cotton...”
I did not even know this, it just seemed right to me that the states should have been left alone and boycotts and peer pressure would have done the job. Lincoln had good intentions perhaps but took us into a bloody war when sanctions and boycotts of the states still practicing this evil would have ended slavery in the end.
back on topic - to all:
Trump is the presumptive nominee because he has the majority of the votes now and is soon to have many more!!! It is a fact. Therefore - the constant drumbeat of anti Trump articles were becoming counter productive to the country’s best interest which is to unite behind the candidate that the majority of the people of America want.
I think it was called the “free produce boycott” or something like that.
Northern and Eastern states were also boycotting sugar and rum from the UK because they were produced with slave labor.