Cotton Kingdom

Definition

The cotton-growing region of the southern United States, which expanded westwards and depended heavily on enslaved labour.

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Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama became major centres of the Deep South’s cotton economy. This expanding region became known as the Cotton Kingdom.
Revise: Plantations and slavery

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GCSE History · key term

The cotton-growing region of the southern United States, which expanded westwards and depended heavily on enslaved labour.

Used by OCR

Paper 3

Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama became major centres of the Deep South’s cotton economy. This expanding region became known as the Cotton Kingdom.
Revise: Plantations and slavery

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