================================================================== Great Britain's sources of Cotton supplies other than the | United States, with total Cotton crop of United States at | intervals. | | -----------------------------------------------------------------| Previous to 1791 Great Britain obtained her supplies of Cotton | from the West Indies and South America, and the countries | around the eastern parts of the Mediterranean. From that date | she began to receive supplies from the U. S. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1786. _Imports_ by Great Britain from-- | Br. W. Indies, lbs. 5,800,000 | Fr. and Spanish Colonies 5,500,000 | Dutch do. 1,600,000 | Portuguese do. 2,000,000 | Turkey and Smyrna, 5,000,000 | 1789. Cotton crop of United States, 1,000,000 lbs. | 1791. _Imports_ by Great Britain from-- | Br. West Indies, lbs. 12,000,000 | Brazil, 20,000,000 | 1794. Cotton crop of the U. S., 8,000,000 lbs. | 1796. Cotton crop of the U. S., 10,000,000 lbs. | 1798. India, the first imports from, 1,622,000 lbs. | 1799. Cotton crop of the U. S., 20,000,000 lbs. | 1800. _Exports_ from-- | India, lbs. 30,000,000 | West Indies, 17,000,000 | Brazil, 24,000,000 | Elsewhere, 7,000,000 | | 1806. Cotton crop of the U. S., 80,000,000 lbs. | | | | | | 1812. War declared between the United States and Great Britain. | | |
================================================================== Dates of Inventions promoting the growth and manufacture of Cotton, and of movements to elevate the African race.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Previous to the invention of the machinery named below, all carding, spinning, and weaving of wool and cotton had been done by the use of the hand-cards, one-spindle wheels, and common hand-looms. The work, for a long period, was performed in families; but the improved machinery propelled by steam power, has so reduced the cost of cotton manufactures, that all household manufacturing has long since been abandoned, and the monopoly yielded to capitalists, who now fill the world with their cheap fabrics.
1762. Carding machine invented. 1767. Spinning Jenny invented. 1769. Spinning Roller-frame invented. " Cotton first planted in the United States. " Watt's Steam Engine patented. 1775. Mule Jenny invented. 1776. Virginia forbids foreign slave trade. 1780. Emancipation by Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. 1781. Muslins first made in England. 1784. Emancipation by Connecticut and Rhode Island. 1785. Watts' Engine improved and applied to cotton machinery. First cotton mill erected, 1783. 1785. New York Abolition Society organized. 1786. Carding and spinning machines erected in Massachusetts. 1787. Power Loom invented. " First Cotton mill erected in Beverly, Massachusetts. " Pennsylvania Abolition Society formed. " Slavery excluded from N. W. Territory, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, &c. 1789. Franklin issues an appeal for aid to instruct the free blacks. 1792. Emancipation by New Hampshire. 1793. Cotton Gin invented. 1799. Emancipation by New York. 1804. Do. New Jersey. 1800. Cotton consumed in the United States, 200,000 lbs. 1801. United States exported to-- France, lbs. 750,000 England 19,000,000 1803. Louisiana Territory acquired, including the region between the Mississippi river (upper and lower) and the Mexican line. 1805. United States export to France, 4,500,000 lbs. 1807. Fulton started his steamboat. 1808. Slave trade prohibited by United States and England. 1808. Cotton manufacture established in Boston. 1810. Cotton consumed in United States, 4,000,000 lbs. 1812. Two-thirds of steam engines in Great Britain employed in cotton spinning, etc. 1813. United States export to France, 10,250,000 lbs.