What did Lincoln do about the ban on cotton?

Hello Deondre! So Lincoln sold the land or gave the land to freed slaves. In many ways he tried to cash in on the cotton trade whilst also pushing forth his political stand points.

Cotton had become an important point of discontent during the Civil War. It posed both an issue for both the North and the South. Lincoln helped the issue by giving land to the freed slaves allowing them to harvest cotton. Cotton was king in the south and by allowing the newly freed slaves to farm their own land and cotton he effectively was able to bring the cotton market back to life and stop the Confederates from creating a cotton embargo.

Lincoln persuaded European importers that his blockade of slave picked cotton was a legitimate tool in defeating the Confederacy and restoring the union. 

During the American Civil War, cotton was very important to the Southern states' economy. The Union (the North) wanted to weaken the South by blocking its ability to export cotton, which brought in money for the Confederacy (the South). To do this, the Union set up a blockade, stopping ships from trading cotton.

Lincoln's government also passed laws, like the Confiscation Acts, which allowed Union forces to seize cotton from areas controlled by the Confederacy. This meant that cotton could be taken and not sold, preventing the South from using it to fund their war effort.

So, Lincoln didn't ban cotton entirely, but he tried to stop the South from using it for their benefit, both by blocking its export and by taking it when Union forces captured

it.