This activity is an excerpt from our curriculum packet, "Cotton, Cloth, and Conflict: The Meaning of Slavery in a Northern Textile City" (appropriate for grades 8-12). Using this collection of primary ...

From 1750 onwards a new industry emerged in Britain - the production of cotton cloth. Wool production had ... had one key advantage - machinery could process cotton fibres better than wool.

What made cotton so desirable? In the 1790s Americas oldest crops, like tobacco, were depleting farmland and dropping in value. At the same time, the textile industry in Great Britain was ...

Lilia Morris | New York City Colorful kente cloth—made of handwoven silk and cotton—has been part of ... But scientists speed up the process by introducing nutrient-rich compounds that help ...

Ticket Tika Chaap’ at the Museum of Art & Photography illustrates how colonial-era branding was adapted to suit local tastes ...

[Juliet Omelo, Standard] The National government in collaboration with counties from Lake Region Economic Block (LREB) has kicked off plans to revive the collapsed cotton industry. The efforts to ...