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not much. but after Eli Whitney made the cotton gin, slavery wanted to be expanded, pretty much causing the civil war

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They picked the seeds out by hand. All the Cotton Gin does is mechanically remove the seeds.

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It actually increased. There was a greater need for cotton and more was planted and picked. The cotton gin just cleaned the cotton faster than the slaves could alone.

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Q: What was happening to slavery before the cotton gin?
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