Cotton declared article of contraband

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Trade and exchange of goods

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Date of occurrence 1915

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United States (Location)
United Kingdom (Involved)

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On the 18th of March, 1915 cotton was finally declared contraband, despite American interests in its manufacture and trade. The 1909 Declaration of London had declared cotton as a material that should never be contraband, but its status changed due to it being used in the manufacture of German explosives.

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