For whom was the Industrial Revolution's appetite for cotton a cure, rather than a blessing?
a. Textile workers in English mills
b. Peasants in India raising cotton for the global market
c. English families being paid starvation wages for working in the putting-out system
d. Slaves in North America and workers in India
e. Labor workers in Indian textile mills
d
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A) Mid-Atlantic B) southern C) New England D) English
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