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Which country became a major producer of cotton? United States England Portugal Spain

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United States

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The South had a slave based agricultural economy and one of it main cash crops was Cotton

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I’m guessing it’s england——>
Britain, the most powerful nation in the world, relied on slave-produced American cotton for over 80 per cent of its essential industrial raw material. English textile mills accounted for 40 percent of Britain's exports.
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