Cotton production and export from the American South to British mills (1760-1865)

1. British mechanized mills raise demand for raw cotton

   Jan 1, 1760Labels: British mills, Mechanized textile

   • Britannica

2. Treaty of Paris reopens U.S.–Britain trade links

   Sep 3, 1783Labels: Treaty of, United States

   • HISTORY
   • Britannica

3. Whitney receives patent for the cotton gin

   Mar 14, 1794Labels: Eli Whitney, Cotton gin

   • Natl Archives
   • Founders Archive

4. Cotton boom links slavery to Atlantic trade

   Jan 1, 1802Labels: Southern plantations, Atlantic trade

   • OpenStax
   • Roark Text

5. Missouri Compromise stabilizes slavery’s expansion debate

   Mar 6, 1820Labels: Missouri Compromise, United States

   • Natl Archives
   • US Senate

6. Tariff of 1828 heightens sectional economic tensions

   Jan 1, 1828Labels: Tariff of, U S

   • Britannica
   • US Senate

7. Texas annexation accelerates cotton frontier growth

   Dec 29, 1845Labels: Texas annexation, United States

   • TX State Lib
   • Britannica

8. Hammond’s “Cotton is King” speech summarizes confidence

   Mar 4, 1858Labels: James H, Cotton is

   • Contextus
   • NYU Archive

9. Cotton peaks as top U.S. export to Britain

   Jan 1, 1860Labels: U S, British textile

   • Richmond Fed
   • OpenStax

10. Lancashire Cotton Famine follows supply disruption

    Jan 1, 1861Labels: Lancashire, Cotton famine

    • Britannica
    • Cotton Town

11. Lincoln proclaims blockade of Confederate ports

    Apr 19, 1861Labels: Abraham Lincoln, Naval blockade

    • State Historian
    • AP News

12. Cotton exports collapse under an effective blockade

    Jan 1, 1862Labels: Confederate exports, Union blockade

    • Richmond Fed
    • State Historian

13. Confederacy surrenders, ending wartime cotton diplomacy

    Apr 9, 1865Labels: Confederate surrender, Diplomacy

    • Britannica
    • Natl Archives

14. Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery, reshaping cotton labor

    Dec 6, 1865Labels: Thirteenth Amendment, Southern agriculture

    • Natl Archives
    • Richmond Fed