I want to know the answer to the following question:
What was cotton called in the 19th century?
All the background I'm provided with is that "This, coupled with the emergence of American cotton as a superior type (due to the longer, stronger fibers of the two domesticated native American species, Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense), encouraged British traders to purchase cotton from plantations in the United States and plantations in the Caribbean.". Is that enough to answer the question?