Scene during the cotton famine in Lancashire', 1862. Plate from The Illustrated London News, November 29th, 1863. The cotton famine was a depression in the textile industry in the North West of England brought about by the interruption of imports of cotton from America caused by the American Civil War. This engraving depicts a scene at the Manchester and Salford Provident Society, who issued provision tickets to help relieve the prevalent distress.

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