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  2. History of cotton - Wikipedia

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    The history of cotton can be traced from its domestication, through the important role it played in the history of India, the British Empire, and the United States, to its continuing importance as a crop and commodity. The history of the domestication of cotton is very complex and is not known exactly. [1]

  3. Edmund Richardson - Wikipedia

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    Edmund Richardson was born June 28, 1818, in Caswell County, North Carolina, to James Richardson and Nancy Payne Ware. [1] He was educated in common schools from the age of 10 to 14 but left school in 1832 and clerked in a dry goods store in Danville, Virginia.

  4. Cotton production in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The cotton industry; an essay in American economic history. Part I. The cotton culture and the cotton trade (1897) online free; Johnson, Charles S. Statistical atlas of southern counties: listing and analysis of socio-economic indices of 1104 southern counties (1941). excerpt; Kennedy, Roger G. Cotton and Conquest: How the Plantation System ...

  5. History of agriculture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of agriculture in the United States covers the period from the first English settlers to the present day. In Colonial America , agriculture was the primary livelihood for 90% of the population, and most towns were shipping points for the export of agricultural products.

  6. Timeline of Colonial America - Wikipedia

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    ca. 1730 – For the first time, the majority of slaves in Chesapeake, Virginia were born in the New World. [citation needed] 1732 – The Province of South Carolina attempts to ban the import of slaves. The Province of Georgia is founded. 1735 – The Province of Georgia bans slavery. 1739 – Outbreak of the War of Jenkins' Ear.

  7. Virginia cloth - Wikipedia

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    Virginia cloth was a coarse cloth made by natives of Virginia. The fabric has a record of existence in 1721 and was used for servants' wear. The fabric has a record of existence in 1721 and was used for servants' wear.

  8. Virginia high school under fire after Black students ‘bullied ...

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    Parents have accused a Virginia high school of failing to protect Black students after a history lesson involving a piece of raw cotton allegedly led to bullying and harassment.

  9. History of agriculture - Wikipedia

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    The first ploughs appear in pictographs from Uruk around 3000 ... [82] [84] Cotton was cultivated by the 5th–4th millennium BC. ... History of cotton; History of ...