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Quite simple, Cotton Production was the main economy at the South (1800 - 1860). The rich white people depended on the cotton to keep their business alive, and depended on the slaves to plant and harvest cotton crops. The increase in cotton production caused slave owners to hire more slaves.

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Why was Saint-Domingue one of the richest colonies in the Caribbean?

It used slave labor to grow cash crops for the world market.


What was one reason for the growth of the democratic slave trade?

One reason for the growth of the transatlantic slave trade was the increasing demand for labor in the Americas, particularly in the agricultural sector. The establishment of cash crops like sugar, tobacco, and cotton required a large workforce, which led plantation owners to seek enslaved Africans as a more profitable and controllable labor source compared to indentured servants. Additionally, advancements in maritime technology and the establishment of trade networks facilitated the transportation of enslaved individuals across the Atlantic.


How did plantation owners deal with the labor shortage in Virginia?

The slave trade, though most popular in the Indies, did prosper in the deep South of America due to the shortage of workers. Thanks to Cyrus McCormick (inventer of the mechanical reaper) and Eli Whitney (inventer of the cotton gin), fewer slaves were needed.


Did the south want cheap western land?

In the years leading up to the American Civil War, both Southerners and Northerners sought cheap, if also usable, land in the West. For the South more generally, however, the key was finding tillable soil that could be used to grow cotton -- and be worked with slave labor.


What did the northerners mean when they refereed to slave power?

When the USA was formed, it was the southern states which had the power and as such, much of what they wanted at the time they got. The agrarian south depended on slave labor so slavery wasn't abolished at the time. So slave power could either mean the political power of the South or the slaves they had doing their labor. A power shift wouldn't occur until the 1820's with the advent of industrialization.

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How did the invention of the cotton gin change the ideas about slavery in the south?

The cotton gin made selling cotton profitable with slave labor.


What invention is most responsible for the expansion of slave labor in Georgia during the antebellum era?

The Cotton Gin


What invention increased the needed for slavery labor in the south?

In April, 1793, Eli Whitney created the cotton gin. This increased the need for slave labor drastically.


What is the invention that helped lead to the Civil War?

In 1793 Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin. This devise provided a mechanised way to process cotton. This allowed more cotton to be sold and increased the demand for slave labor.


What invention made the slave population increase substantially?

The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in the early 19th century significantly increased the demand for slave labor in the southern United States due to the rise of cotton production. The cotton gin allowed for faster and more efficient processing of cotton, leading to a boom in the cotton industry and a higher demand for enslaved workers to cultivate and harvest cotton crops.


Who was affected by the invention of the cotton gin?

slaves and slave owners.


Is it true that industrialization developed quicker in the south than in the north because of slave labor and the invention of the cotton gin?

This is false. The availability of relatively cheap labor made it less important to industrialize.


What demand for slave labor rise in the south?

Slaves were used in all sorts of occupations in the South, including every sort of agriculture, but the principal driver was cotton farming, especially after the invention of the cotton gin.


The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney was important because?

It made it cheap and easy to clean the seeds out of raw cotton. This made cotton farming financially attractive. This made the use of slave labor more attractive, since cotton farming required a lot of labor.


What was most responsible for increasing the domestic slave trade in the early 1800s?

The invention of the Cotton Gin, and the widespread popularity of cotton garments and products led to an increase in the domestic slave trade. International slave trading had been banned, however, the buying and selling of slaves within the United States increased to meet the demand for labor on large cotton plantations.


What was the chief product made using slave labor?

COTTON


What contributed most of the success of the southern colonies?

the succes of the southern colonies relied on the cash crops of tobaco and cotton