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It wasn't. It was important to the plantation owners. The slaves, if their "master" happened to own a cotton plantation and they were told to pick cotton, they picked it or got a beating.

The slaves were brought here unwillingly, bought and sold like cattle. They did what they were told to do to avoid punishment or death.

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