more cotton plantations were needed
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the machine thAT increased the demand for slaves was the cotton gin
Many slaves were needed for picking all of the cotton that was in the planters property.
More farmers got the wretched idea to get slaves. It kept spreading farther and farther. The invention of the cotton gin also increased the demand for slaves to work in farms tending and harvesting the cotton.
If you are referring to the slaves of the antebellum South, the main economic activity was cotton farming.
more cotton plantations were needed just took this on apex
more cotton plantations were needed just took this on apex
cotton gin
the cotton gin -apex
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.
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.
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The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 significantly increased the efficiency of cotton processing, allowing for much larger quantities of cotton to be produced and harvested. This surge in cotton production heightened the demand for labor to cultivate and pick the crop, leading to an increased reliance on enslaved labor in the Southern United States. As cotton became a highly profitable cash crop, the economic value of enslaved individuals rose, as they were essential to meeting the growing demands of the cotton industry. Thus, the cotton gin inadvertently intensified the institution of slavery by making enslaved labor more valuable and integral to the economy.
The cotton gin, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, revolutionized the processing of cotton by significantly increasing the speed at which cotton could be cleaned of its seeds. This efficiency made cotton a highly profitable cash crop, leading to a surge in demand for labor to cultivate and harvest it. As plantation owners sought to maximize their profits, the value of enslaved individuals rose sharply, as they were essential to managing and laboring on the increasingly expansive cotton plantations. Consequently, the cotton gin directly contributed to the entrenchment and expansion of slavery in the Southern United States.
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.
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.
Slaves pick cotton by hand.