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The cotton gin led to a huge increase in the number of slaves in the South. This happened because the cotton gin caused more cotton to be produced.
The cotton-gin. It vastly expanded the production and export of cotton, and made slavery seem like an essential element in American prosperity.
The most dramatic change in agriculture in the South was the invention of the cotton gin.
the cotton gin
The cotton gin
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The South
The cotton gin
cotton gin
The south had 9 million people in 1860. Of those 4 million were slaves. With the invention of the cotton gin the need for slaves went up as the production of cotton went up. By 1835 over a million bales were produced.
Cotton gin. Cotton gin made cotton production more profitable.
The South became the cotton producing part of the country because of the cotton gin. Promoted "cotton-picking" by slaves, and therefore, promoted slavery.