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In Our Time - The Lancashire Cotton Famine - BBC Sounds

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The Lancashire Cotton FamineThe Lancashire Cotton Famine

Released On: 14 May 2015

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Lancashire cotton famine during the American Civil War

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