USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Historical evidence suggests that the cotton boom marked the emergence of the short-lived institution of agricultural slavery in Egypt’s Nile Delta, where all slaves were imported from East Africa, before the abolition of slavery in 1877.

Detailed explanation-2: -However, following the War of 1812, a huge increase in production resulted in the so-called cotton boom, and by midcentury, cotton became the key cash crop (a crop grown to sell rather than for the farmer’s sole use) of the southern economy and the most important American commodity.

Detailed explanation-3: -There was a huge increase in cotton production in the United States after the War of 1812. This happened along with a textile boom in the Northeastern U.S. By 1850, 1.8 million of the nation’s 3.2 million enslaved people were growing and picking cotton.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cotton growing became so profitable for enslavers that it greatly increased their demand for both land and enslaved labor.

Detailed explanation-5: -Between 1870 and 1920, cotton was grown on as many as 48 million acres and was the only major cash crop in the South.