Read the excerpt from Up Before Daybreak by D. Hopkinson. Mr. Brown was there on business, and the most important person he had come to see was Mr. Henderson, his cotton factor . A cotton factor was a person whose job combined many things . He was a banker and a bookkeep er. He also helped his clients do business . During Mr. Brown's four day stay in New Orleans , Mr. Henderson , his cotton Tactor would probably introduce Mr. Brown to oth er businessmen , such as cotton buyers . The men would discuss the price of cotton or tour cotton warehouses .

Why was the cotton factor the most important person ?

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