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

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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.  

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South Carolina Public Radio / Walter Edgar's Journal / Conversations on South Carolina: The State and the New Nation, 1783-1828 - The Importance of Cotton

South Carolina's Economy In 1763 | Walter Edgar's Journal

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South Carolina's Economy In 1763 | Walter Edgar's Journal
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In this first segment on ‘The Importance of Cotton,’ Dr. Peter Coclanis gives us a brief overview of South Carolina’s economic landscape, pre-Revolutionary War (1763). Before the American Revolution...
The Heyward Brothers | Walter Edgar's Journal

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The Heyward Brothers | Walter Edgar's Journal
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In this segment, Walter Edgar discusses the Heyward Brothers, and their method of digging “rice dikes” for growing rice. The Heyward Brothers are seen as the pioneers of the tidal cultivation in South...
The Rise Of Cotton In SC | Walter Edgar's Journal

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The Rise Of Cotton In SC | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 5
With the invention of the “Cotton Gin” by Eli Whitney, combined with methods we would today call “scientific plant breeding,” the cotton industry boomed in South Carolina, in the early 19th century...