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After the American Revolution prices went down on tabacco, rice, and indigo. Less slavery was necessary because the farmers were not making a profit off their crops.

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they had been decline becouse they were as free as they can be free and they work in the feild picking up cootton

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Q: Why had slavery been on the decline before the invention of the cotton gin?
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Why did slavery decline in the upper south at the end of 1700s?

Because of the invention of the cotton gin, slavery was less necassary because of the quick speed of the machine. It separated the cotton from the seeds.


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