Supply And Demand For Cotton | Walter Edgar's Journal - Episode 6

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Conversations on South Carolina: The State and the New Nation, 1783-1828 - The Importance of Cotton (6): Cotton's Supply And Demand
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With the success of cotton in South Carolina, entrepreneurs in other states looked to cash in on the success of cotton plantations. When the cotton economy and market-shares begin to decline in S.C., planters then started moving South-West, for fresh cotton-growing lands, and more business opportunities.