The loose fibres were spun into threads and made using a loom. The cotton was often dyed to make multi-coloured clothes. Dyes were made of insects, molluscs (shellfish), indigo and plants.

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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 ...