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King Cotton, a panoramic photograph of a cotton plantation in 1907, now housed in the Library of Congress "King Cotton" is a slogan that summarized the strategy used before the American Civil War (of 1861–1865) by secessionists in the southern states (the future Confederate States of America) to claim the feasibility of secession and to prove there was no need to fear a war with the northern ...
Cotton, the son of an enslaved woman and a white plantation overseer, [4] was born into slavery in South Carolina and was illiterate throughout his life. [2] [3] According to the Handbook of Texas, Cotton's enslaver was most likely Ethan Stroud at the time of his birth. Logan Shroud became Cotton's enslaver after Ethan Shroud died in 1847. [3]
Texas counties by GDP in 2021 (chained 2012 US$) The economy of the State of Texas is the second largest by GDP in the United States after that of California. It has a gross state product of $2.694 trillion as of 2023. [7] In 2022, Texas led the nation with the most companies in the Fortune 500 with 53 in total. [8]
Within Texas, the economy depended heavily on the cultivation of cotton. In 1834, Texas exported over 7,000 bales of cotton. Ranching was also lucrative, and Texas exported over 5,000 head of cattle in 1834. [47] Lumber was exported in small quantities, primarily to Matamoros. [48] In the mid-1830s, Texas imported approximately $630,000 worth ...
Because of the consistent Jekyll and Hyde weather this year, a Texas AgriLife Extension cotton economist said this cotton season will be the most uncertain he has ever analyzed.
The first railroad built in Texas is called the Harrisburg Railroad and opened for business in 1853. [21] In 1854, the Texas and Red River telegraph services were the first telegraph offices to open in Texas. [21] The Texas cotton industry in 1859 increased production by seven times compared to 1849, as 58,073 bales increased to 431,645 bales. [22]
Like so much in Texas, her politics are complex. Brashier, who calls herself a political independent, sees immigration as a good thing — “I just think we need to figure out a better way to do ...
The boll weevil, a species of beetle that feeds on cotton buds and flowers, crossed the Rio Grande near Brownsville, Texas, to enter the United States from Mexico in 1892. [52] It reached southeastern Alabama in 1909, and by the mid-1920s had entered all cotton-growing regions in the U.S., traveling 40 to 160 miles per year.