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Tag Archives: cotton
Smoke-free Confederacy
After claiming that the Press only has the public good in mind (as opposed to power hungry politicians), this Richmond paper urges southern farmers to give up tobacco and cotton cultivation so that the land can be used exclusively to … Continue reading
“sublime Christian heroism”
150 years ago this week (January 19, 1863) President Lincoln responded to the working-men of Manchester, England, who had written him on New Year’s Eve to commend him for his Emancipation Proclamation and to encourage him to continue the work … Continue reading
Intervene for “Southern Freedom”
And to end Europe’s cotton famine A couple posts ago a member of the 50th New York Engineers worried about foreign intervention in America’s Civil War. He urged men to volunteer right away so the rebellion could be put down … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Foreign Relations
Tagged cotton, foreign intervention, Morrill Tariff
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Ghent Aid
Fundraising Concerts for Beleaguered Textile Workers Like the Lancashire Cotton Famine the American Civil War was disrupting cotton-based business in Belgium. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch May 19, 1862: Destitution of the Artisans of Belgium –The Belgian Minister of War … Continue reading
Plantation Owner Pins Hopes on Gridlock
And the Little Giant Agrees From The New-York Times. November 15, 1860: A FEW SEASONABLE WORDS. The National Intelligencer publishes the following letter from a “Southern Cotton Planter,” whom it states, is a gentleman of high character, a native of … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, The election of 1860
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, cotton, secession, Stephen A. Douglas
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Cotton Piled Up from Memphis to Vicksburg
In 1860 the presidential election was held on November 6th. One of the Headlines from The New-York Times. that day sure sounded ominous: Immediate Secession Recommended by the Governor of South Carolina. The Times carried a lot of news from … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, The election of 1860, Uncategorized
Tagged 1860 Election, cotton, secession
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Seward Refuses Obeisance to King Cotton
William H. Seward, a Republican U.S. senator from New York, was hitting the campaign trail hard during the week before the presidential election of 1860. On October 30th he spoke before 15,000 people in Lyons, New York, a small town … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, The election of 1860, Uncategorized
Tagged cotton, King Cotton, Little Giants, William H. Seward
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“A Fall in the Price of Cotton and Negroes”
Recently I posted an excerpt from the October 18, 1860 issue of The New-York Times. about the Minute Men in South Carolina. In the same issue The Times published more Southern reaction to the big Republican victories in the state … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, The election of 1860, Uncategorized
Tagged 1860 Election, cotton, Slavery
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