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In South Carolina, Williamsburg County production fell from 37,000 bales in 1920 to 2,700 bales in 1922 and one farmer in McCormick County produced 65 bales in 1921 and just 6 in 1922. [23] As a result of the devastating harvest of 1922, some 50,000 black cotton workers left South Carolina, and by the 1930s the state population had declined ...
Before the invention of the cotton gin in 1793, cotton production was limited to coastal plain areas of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, [1] and, on a smaller scale, along the lower Mississippi River. [2] The cotton gin allowed profitable processing of short-staple cotton, which could be grown in the upland regions of the Deep South.
Richland Cotton Mill, also known as Pacific Mills, Lowenstein Mill, and Whaley's Mill, is a historic cotton mill building located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1894, and is a four-story, rectangular brick mill building. It features a seven-story stair tower, with a circular vent flanked by two arched vents.
Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World is a history of the cotton textile industry in the American South, especially the Piedmont region of the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
Woodside Cotton Mill Village Historic District is a national historic district located in Greenville County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 278 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in an early 20th century urban South Carolina textile mill village. Centered on a mill founded by John T. Woodside in 1902, the district is ...
Pages in category "Cotton plantations in South Carolina" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A Fabric of Defeat: The Politics of South Carolina Millhands, 1910-1948. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-4704-6. The U.S. Textile and Apparel Industry: A Revolution in Progress. U.S. Congress, Office of Technology, 1987. The Economic Impact of the South Carolina Ports Authority: A Statewide and Regional Analysis.
Peters Point Plantation is a historic structure located on Edisto Island, South Carolina. It was built by Isaac Jenkins Mikell in 1840 at the intersection of St. Pierre's Creek and Fishing Creek. It is located on the site General Lafayette used as a departure point from Edisto Island in 1826 during his southern tour.