How did the invention of the cotton gin increase slavery in the south?

Answer 1

More slaves were needed to keep up with the increased demand for cotton.

Answer 2

The invention of the cotton gin contributed to the rising tensions between the North and South. After the cotton gin was invented, the demand for cotton grew because it could be de-seeded faster. Well...who picked the cotton? Slaves. More cotton meant more slaves.

Another reason tensions grew was because of tarriffs (which was an indirect result of the cotton gin.) The industrial cotton manufactoring companies were in the North. The South would send their cotton to the North. Congress passed high tariffs to help American manufactoring. The tariffs were good for the Northern industry but consumers, including Southerners, had to pay more for the cloth. This caused another tension.

The invention of the cotton gin contributed to the rising tensions between the North and South. After the cotton gin was invented, the demand for cotton grew because it could be de-seeded faster. Well...who picked the cotton? Slaves. More cotton meant more slaves.

Another reason tensions grew was because of tarriffs (which was an indirect result of the cotton gin.) The industrial cotton manufactoring companies were in the North. The South would send their cotton to the North. Congress passed high tariffs to help American manufactoring. The tariffs were good for the Northern industry but consumers, including Southerners, had to pay more for the cloth. This caused another tension.

Answer 3

Well The White People/Plantation Owners Thought Since There Was A Quicker Way To Pick The Seeds Outta The Cotton, They Should Have More Slaves And People Like Abolitionists And Quakers Got Really Mad. Mostly Because It Was Already Bad Enough That People Had Slaves, Why Should You Increase It ?

Answer 4

It Increased Slavery Because Slaves Can Now Pick Cotton Faster

Answer 5

Now you didn't need slaves to individually pick off the cotton

Answer 6

The cotton gin made it easier to do the work so it was easier to do even more work hence making more work for slaves -a 12 yr old

Answer 7

because they used the slaves to collect the cotton

Answer 8

Growing cotton using slave labor became more profitable. APEX