Anne ClearyJan 21, 2023
Dr. Christian DeFeo
During the American Civil War, the South thought they could blackmail the British into supporting them by restricting the supply of cotton. Without cotton the mills of Lancashire would close and there would be real hardship. However, the mill workers of Lancashire opposed slavery, and the British eventually got new sources of cotton like Egypt. #history shows the commodity weapon Putin thinks he has, isn’t all that. #politics #SlavaUkraini
Dec 30, 2022 at 8:54amToot!
Show threadKaptain KoboldDec 30, 2022
@doctorcdf I thought part of Britain's inability to be blackmailed was that they had a glut of cotton from previous years, so didn't need a supply at the stage when the South was expecting them to want it.
Show threadDr. Christian DeFeoDec 30, 2022
@kaptainkobold There’s a bit more about it here - https://liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2021/02/19/how-british-cotton-affected-americas-civil-war/
How British cotton affected America’s Civil War – In Conversation with Jim Powell & Meredith Wheeler

Liverpool University Press Blog
Show threadDr. Christian DeFeoDec 30, 2022
@kaptainkobold And here - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-american-civil-war-built-egypts-vaunted-cotton-industry-and-changed-country-forever-180959967/
How the American Civil War Built Egypt’s Vaunted Cotton Industry and Changed the Country Forever

The battle between the U.S. and the Confederacy affected global trade in astonishing ways

Smithsonian Magazine