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The Impact Of Slavery In The 1700's And 1800s
Slavery in the 1700’s and 1800’s was crucial to the economy in the southern states and impacted the northern economy as well. The advancement of the cotton industry directly and indirectly influenced slavery in the South. Advancements such as the cotton gin, the increase in demand, and the increase in available land were some of the major influential changes. The cotton gin was a rather simple invention but it increased the speed at which seeds could be removed from cotton. Due to the increase in speed, the demand for cotton from the fields increased and the number of needed slaves increased. Fewer slaves were needed to separate cotton but many more slaves were needed to harvest cotton from fields. As it is said that a slave created the cotton
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