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How did the cotton gin lead to the spread of slavery?

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they expanded cotton growing land and needed more slaves
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because of the fact that the cotton gin helped slaves get cotton done better and faster they needed more slavers to ramp up production..and so since they had more slaves and more cotton they were making more money
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