Negro cloth

Negro cloth or Lowell cloth was a coarse and strong cloth used for slaves' clothing in the West Indies and the Southern Colonies. The cloth was imported from England and America in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The name "Lowell cloth" came from the town Lowell where the cloth was produced.
The Act of 1735.
South Carolina's Negro Act of 1735 had various cheap materials dictated for slave clothes that include "Negro cloth, duffelds, course kiersies, osnaburg, blue linen, checked linen, coarse calicoes and checked kinds of cotton"
Types.
Negro cloth was a woven material made of cotton or blended coarse threads also homespun. These were inexpensive and lower grades of cloth. Certain long cloths of coarser varieties and Salampore were among recognized Indian materials; the Dutch merchants called them "Guinea or Negro cloth." "Guinea cloth" was a generic term for various inferior Indian piece goods traded for the purpose, such as inexpensive dyed plain and patterned calicoes like stripes and checks. 
Quality.
Slaves were always complaining about the texture, roughness of these clothes though these were durable but not comfortable.
Garments.
The cloth was converted into various garments, such as breeches, jackets, skirts, bodices, shirts and trousers.