"King Cotton diplomacy" was intended to promote economic self-sufficiency in the South and force England to intervene on the side of the Confederacy.

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"King Cotton diplomacy" was a strategy used by the Confederacy during the American Civil War, based on the premise that cotton was so essential to the British economy that the UK would be compelled to support the Confederacy to maintain access to it, thereby promoting Southern economic self-sufficiency and encouraging British intervention.

"King Cotton Diplomacy" Was Intended to Promote Economic Self-Sufficiency in the South