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Why did the cotton gin lead to slaves becoming more valuable than slaves without the cotton gin?
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more cotton plantations were needed
just took this on apex
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Why did the cotton gin lead to slaves becoming more valuable than without cotton gin?
more cotton plantations were needed just took this on apex
Why did the gin lead to slaves becoming more valuable than without the cotton gin?
more cotton plantations were needed just took this on apex
Which of these led to slaves becoming more valuable than before?
cotton gin
What led to the slaves becoming more valuable than before?
the cotton gin -apex
What led to slaves becoming more valuable than before?
Slaves became more valuable due to the increased demand for labor in industries such as agriculture, mining, and manufacturing. Additionally, the expansion of European powers into new territories and the growth of the transatlantic slave trade contributed to this increase in value.
Why did cotton gin lead to slaves more valuable than without the cotton gin?
More slaves were needed to PICK the cotton in the fields because the cotton gin more quickly took the seeds out of the cotton. The planters (plantation owners who owned more than 20 slaves) wanted more profit, so they wanted to constantly have the cotton gin working. To have this happen, there would need to be A LOT more cotton.
In 1838 Southerners measured their wealth by what two elements?
cotton and slaves cotton and slaves cotton and slaves cotton and slaves cotton and slaves
Some Africans became especially valuable as slaves in the Carolinas because they?
They were knowledgeable regarding cotton production.
How did Eli Whitney's cotton gin affect the value of slaves?
When the cotton gin was invented, slaves became incredibly valuable. This invention separated seeds from the white cottony fiber of the cotton, eliminating the need of slaves to do it. So the farmers could now grow more cotton, and to do this they needed more slaves. But at this time slave trade was abolished. So slaves became extremely expensive. From $600 to $1,800!So people started to 'breed' slaves, as a result of this.
How was cotton made by slaves?
Southern cotton farmers needed extensive hand labor to plant, pick, gin, and bale the cotton they grew. Without slaves, it would have been difficult to find affordable laborers.
How do slaves pick cotton?
Slaves pick cotton by hand.
What were the cotton laborers?
i think it was slaves (yeah it was slaves)
