February 14, 2022
- Globalization of trade
- Eastern hemisphere crops (sugar cane & cotton) introduced in Americas
- Conquest, genocide, and slavery
- Origins of Industrial Capitalism
- White Gold – raw cotton prices rise
- Caribbean becomes center of raw cotton production
- Haiti becomes leading supplier (36% of total, 24% of British supply)
- Haitian Revolution
- Hunt was on for a replacement source of raw cotton
- British mainland colonies seek labor to work rice, tobacco, and (eventually) cotton
