the answer is the "cotton is king"
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Yes. The Confederacy had deprived the USA of its enormous cotton revenues.
Eli Whitney, (who lived in Conn.), invented the cotton gin. The cotton gin removed seeds from cotton. This made cotton worth more money. More slaves were needed to plant, grow, and pick cotton. He made cotton slavery worth more money.
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