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Southern slaves produced the cotton, and workers at Northern mills (who were paid not much more than slaves) turned it into clothing, bedding, and other items. This was the main reason many Northerners were against abolition: the loss of slave labor would affect not just the South's plantation society, but the North's industrial economy as well.

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How were northern textile mills and southern cotton plantations linked What key invention deepened this connection?

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How much of the worlds cotton supply came from the southern US?

By 1860, cotton fueled the Southern economy and helped the Northern textile mills. Two thirds of the world's cotton was produced by the Southern plantations. The northern textile mills were effected by the disruption of the US Civil War in that by 1860, mills sold $100 million worth of cloth made from cotton.


Where did textile workers get their cotton?

obviously from the south where there were cotton plantations..


How were Northern textile and Southern cotton plantations linked?

Southern slaves produced the cotton, and workers at Northern mills (who were paid not much more than slaves) turned it into clothing, bedding, and other items. This was the main reason many Northerners were against abolition: the loss of slave labor would affect not just the South's plantation society, but the North's industrial economy as well.


What Southern states had the most cotton plantations?

As the US Civil War unfolded, cotton plantations had spread from South Carolina. The movement from this state took a westward and southern direction with Georgia, northern Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas becoming large cotton plantation states.


How did Southern slaveholders attempt to convince people in the North to support slavery?

The Southerners pointed out that northern industry relied on southern cotton. Southern slaveholders argued that slavery benefited both the South and the North because the North's textile and shipping industries depended upon cotton from the South.


What are two crops grown on southern plantations?

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How were Northern mills and Southern plantations connected?

The Southern plantations were connected to the Northern mills because without the Southern plantations, the Northern Factories would have no crop to turn into products. For example, cotton would be picked by the slaves on the Southern plantations, and then be brought up to the Northern factories in order to mass produce such things like clothing. This occurred especially during the time of the Industrial Revolution when factories were becoming more abundant and the deskilling of laborers was rising. Resulting from the Industrial Revolution, many people and immigrants sought factory work, and this also increased the amount of slaves that were needed. Also, such things like the Lowell Mill came about, and the Interchangeable parts flourished.


What is the difference between southern cities and plantations?

(Most) Southern cities don't enslave black people to pick cotton while on plantations they do.


What did southern plantations grow during the Civil War?

cotton because of the cotton gin.......................i think


Why did some northern factory owners oppose abolitionism?

They opposed it because they received cotton from the southern plantations for clothes so slavery was also a source of money for them.


What two staple crops were grown on southern plantations?

Tobacco and Cotton