During the 1850s and the American Civil War, Cotton diplomacy was the idea that Britain and France required southern couuuuuf South Carolina exclaimed, "Cotton is King!" (See King Cotton).
During the 1850s and the American Civil War, Cotton diplomacy was the idea that Britain and France required southern cotton to the point of extending diplomatic recognition to the Confederacy. As a person of South Carolina exclaimed, "Cotton is King!" (See King Cotton).