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Eli Whitney thought that his invention of the cotton gin would decrease the amount of slave labor in the United States. However, the cotton gin aided the processing of cotton. It was overall faster than many of the slaves. The slave owners thought if we equip each one of our slaves with one our production will increase tenfold. That's what those landowners did.

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