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How much did slaves pick?
Cotton slaves picked around 150-200 pounds of cotton a day per person.
How did slaves gather cotton?
They picked cotton by hand. Hand picking was the only option until the 1950's when cotton picking machine was developed. Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin on March 14 1794 to remove the seeds and pods from the picked cotton
What did the cotton gin replace?
The cotton gin essentially replaced the handpicking and cleaning of cotton. Before the invention of the gin, the U.S. employed slaves to handpick cotton. Currently, only third world countries still use slaves to handpick cotton.
Did slaves have to pick King cotton?
Yes, slaves had to pick king cotton; "King Cotton" is just another name for Cotton during the times of slavery before the American Civil War. It was a phrase used in those times since cotton was so important.
What happened to enslaved people because cotton became a major cash crop in the south?
Owners started to buy more slaves and even more cotton was picked. I think it was because a guy invented the cotton picker the think that takes out seeds. does this satisfy u
How is cotton picked?
Cotton is currently picked by machine. They used to have slaves pick the cotton in the south by hand. You seem to have forgotton the people (both white & black) that picked cotton after the slaves & before the cotton picking machines.
Who picked the cotton on the plantation?
Back in the way back days, slaves did. HMMM! I was not a slave & I picked cotton on a Mississippi plantation!
What kind of work did the slaves do?
They picked cotton and did chores for the white.
What resulted the African American slaves?
They picked cotton swiftly.
What are the main 3 crops that slaves picked?
Cotton, Tobacco and sugar
How is cotton extraceted?
In today's society it is picked by a machine in the fields. Back before the machine was invented slaves or others did it by hand and picked out the seeds. Now the machine sorts and picks out the seeds.
How much did slaves pick?
Cotton slaves picked around 150-200 pounds of cotton a day per person.
How did slaves gather cotton?
They picked cotton by hand. Hand picking was the only option until the 1950's when cotton picking machine was developed. Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin on March 14 1794 to remove the seeds and pods from the picked cotton
Why did customers need a cotton gin?
before the cotton gin, peices of plant in the cotton were picked out by slaves, which of course was much slower. The cotton gin made the process of making cotton plants into usuable fabric was made much much easier. So people began growing more and more cotton.
What was happening to slavery before the cotton gin?
not much. but after Eli Whitney made the cotton gin, slavery wanted to be expanded, pretty much causing the civil war
What happened to cotton in the 19th century after it was picked?
the cotton would be loaded onto a ship by black slaves then taken over to Britain for processing
What invention led slaves to pick more cotton?
The cotton gin, invented by Eli Whitney, increased the need for more cotton because it reduced the price of production. More cotton needed to be picked therefore requiring more manual labor, slaves.
