Greg Grandin - Just as much as the United States mattered to cotton, cotton mattered to the United S...

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Just as much as the United States mattered to cotton, cotton mattered to the United States. Cotton reinvigorated slavery, established the young nation's place in the global economy, and eventually helped create the political and economic conflicts that resulted in civil war.

Greg Grandin

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Genauso wie die Vereinigten Staaten für Baumwolle von Bedeutung waren, so bedeutete Baumwolle für die Vereinigten Staaten. Cotton belebte die Sklaverei neu, etablierte den Platz der jungen Nation in der Weltwirtschaft und trug schließlich dazu bei, die politischen und wirtschaftlichen Konflikte zu schaffen, die zu einem Bürgerkrieg führten.

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