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18564
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Michael Schenck built the first cotton mill south of the Potomac River near Lincolnton in 1813. Lawrence summarizes how cotton manufacturing expanded in the state from that point.
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19706
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A history of the political doctrine of \"King Cotton,\" which was based on the idea that if the southern states were to ever secede from the Union, England and France would intervene on behalf of the South as a large portion of their national wealth was tied to Southern cotton. The article is broken into two sections that look at the embargo, 1861-1862 and the reduction of the cotton supply, 1862-1865.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 6 Issue 4, Oct 1929,
p371-397, f
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20682
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This article is the first in a series on the cotton textile industry in antebellum North Carolina. This installment focuses on development of cotton textile production from an older domestic process into an industrialized factory process.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 34 Issue 1, Jan 1957,
p15-35, f
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20694
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This article is the second and last in a series on the cotton textile industry in antebellum North Carolina. This installment focuses on the evolution of cotton textile production as an industrialized factory process, as well as on the contributions of particular innovators and companies to the industry such as Henry Humphreys, the Franklinville Manufacturing Company, and Hugh S. Parks among others. An appendix attached to the article lists all North Carolina cotton mills between 1830 and 1865.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 34 Issue 2, April 1957,
p131-164, il, por, f
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27902
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After an absence of almost ten years due to destruction by the boll weevil in the 1970s, cotton has returned to eastern North Carolina. Cotton was an important trade commodity for New Bern, and continues to be equally as important to our welfare thanks to the efforts of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 5 Issue 1, May 1992,
p32-35, bibl
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28820
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The role of fashion in society, our economy and politics can be seen in the history of North Carolina homespun cotton. Today, North Carolina is a top producer of cotton, but little cotton is grown organically. More local companies and consumers are starting to insist on locally sourced cotton.
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30728
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The Harnett County city of Dunn was once known as one of the nation’s largest cotton wagon yards. To recognize the impact that cotton and cotton farming has had on the region, Dunn has hosted for thirteen years the North Carolina Cotton Festival in early November. The festival is now known as the Touchstone Energy NC Cotton Festival, sponsored by North Carolina’s electric cooperatives.
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31215
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North Carolina’s planted cotton acreage is at the highest level since 1937. While the rise in production is credited in part to improved marketing and promotion, the cotton textile industry is migrating overseas. Wes Morgan, owner of Rolling Hills Gin in Stanly County, discusses his business, and the history and future of the state’s cotton industry.
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31552
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In 1892, the boll weevil migrated into the United States from Mexico and infested the nation’s cotton industries. For North Carolina cotton farmers, efforts to eradicate the boll weevil with insect control and pesticides are getting more expensive and difficult each year. A three-year weevil eradication experiment is being conducted in Halifax, Edgecombe and Northampton counties to seek a dependable method of eradicating the boll weevil.
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31644
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King Cotton may make a comeback in the Chowan County area, with the help of a cooperative insect control program organized by the county’s farmers. Cotton crops declined due to lack of manpower to harvest it and low profits, but Chowan’s soil is more suitable to cotton than to some of the other crops in the county.
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