<P> After the Cotton Famine, the European textile industry looked to new sources of raw cotton . The African colonies of West Africa and Mozambique provided a cheap supply . Taxes and extra-market means again discouraged local textile production . Working conditions were brutal, especially in the Congo, Angola, and Mozambique . Several revolts occurred, and a cotton black market created a local textile industry . In recent history, United States agricultural subsidies have depressed world prices, making it difficult for African farmers to compete . </P> <P> India's cotton industry struggled in the late 19th century because of unmechanized production and American dominance of raw cotton export . India, ceasing to be a major exporter of cotton goods, became the largest importer of British cotton textiles . Mohandas Gandhi believed that cotton was closely tied to Indian self - determination . In the 1920s he launched the Khadi Movement, a massive boycott of British cotton goods . He urged Indians to use simple homespun cotton textiles, khadi . Cotton became an important symbol in Indian independence . During World War II, shortages created a high demand for khadi, and 16 million yards of cloth were produced in nine months . The British Raj declared khadi subversive; damaging to the British imperial rule . Confiscation, burning of stocks, and jailing of workers resulted, which intensified resistance . In the second half of the 20th century, a downturn in the European cotton industry led to a resurgence of the Indian cotton industry . India began to mechanize and was able to compete in the world market . </P> <P> In 1912, the British cotton industry was at its peak, producing eight billion yards of cloth . In World War I, cotton couldn't be exported to foreign markets, and some countries built their own factories, particularly Japan . By 1933 Japan introduced 24 - hour cotton production and became the world's largest cotton manufacturer . Demand for British cotton slumped, and during the interwar period 345,000 workers left the industry and 800 mills closed . </P> <P> India's boycott of British cotton products devastated Lancashire, and in Blackburn 74 mills closed in under four years . </P>

Where did england get its cotton in the 1790s