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The natural population increase of American-born slaves
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Slave trade and the Middle Passage.
What caused the slave population in the Chesapeake colonies to grow?
increase
11 years passed between the Stono slave rebellion and the slave population in the colonies reaching 250'000.
The increase in the slave population in the South was primarily due to the demand for labor in cash crop agriculture, such as cotton and tobacco. The Atlantic slave trade also played a significant role in supplying slaves to the South. Additionally, slaves were seen as valuable assets by plantation owners, leading to them procreating to increase their workforce.
The natural population increase of American born slaves
According to the US Census of 1860, the US population grew 35% from its level in 1850. Part of this increase was due to a rise in the slave population. In 1860, approximately 14% of the US were slaves.
The end of Mexican regulations on slave importation
Labor
More slaves were needed by the south. With the invention of the cotton gin the population increases with the amount of cotton bales produced. There is a direct relationship between the two. By 1860 there are 4 million slaves.