来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第2集 第2集》
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This powerful.我现在来说明 -
Sea Island cotton, the乔治亚州 -
kind of cotton grown down there in the Georgia有种海岛棉 -
where it was first grown in North America最初是生长于美国北部的 -
in the Georgia, South Carolina islands,在佐治亚州的南卡罗来纳州岛上 -
was a kind of long and silky kind of cotton.最初有一种柔软光洁的棉花 -
They weren't very successful in growing it in huge amounts,岛上的居民想大规模种植但没有成功 -
but that short stapled cotton因而海岛棉 这种粗绒棉 -
that eventually was the form of cotton逐渐成为了棉花产业的主流 -
that the cotton gin made into such a massive,轧棉机的发明成为了种可大量生产 -
marketable world product,且有利可图的产品 -
is what made the cotton boom boom.也因而棉花产业越来越兴盛