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Explain how cotton changed the relationship between the low and back country of South Carolina?

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Lowcountry planters feared that the Upcountry farmers did not support slavery. Effect: Lowcountry planters resisted giving the Upcountry more equal representation in the legislature. Cause: The invention of the cotton gin made cotton a viable cash crop in the Upcountry.

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