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He influenced the growth of slaves in the south because it caused people to see cotton as a very profitable crop and people bought land which in term increased slavery due to the owner needing to harvest this great thing called cotton.
You would think that since there aren't as many hands needed to separate cotton, there would be a decrease in slavery. However, plantation owners only grew more cotton which needed more slaves to pick, then needed even more slaves to operate the cotton gin. In fact, after the invention of the cotton gin, slavery soon quadrupled.
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He influenced the growth of slaves in the south because it caused people to see cotton as a very profitable crop and people bought land which in term increased slavery due to the owner needing to harvest this great thing called cotton.
slavery was not an "invention"
Eli Whitney was likely the inventor who solidified the practice of slavery in the South. His invention of the cotton gin made cotton monstrously profitable.
You would think that since there aren't as many hands needed to separate cotton, there would be a decrease in slavery. However, plantation owners only grew more cotton which needed more slaves to pick, then needed even more slaves to operate the cotton gin. In fact, after the invention of the cotton gin, slavery soon quadrupled.
Slavery in the southern colonies increased after the invention of the cotton gin. This invention made plantation agriculture extremely lucrative; slavery was abolished in 1865.
Abolitionists were people who wanted land to be closed to the practice of slavery.
Slavery in the southern colonies increased after the invention of the cotton gin. This invention made plantation agriculture extremely lucrative; slavery was abolished in 1865.
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