re: Do you think the Civil War was started over slavery?

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Some of it was sold to Europe. Much of it went due North.

Where do think the Northern textile factories got their cotton?



No, he's right.

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thank you. obviously, some southern cotton went to the north. some southern planters banded together to buy their own ocean craft to cut down on shipping costs to europe.
if it hadn't been for egyptian and indian cotton, england would have declared war on the north strictly for economic reasons.