Growth of the slave population and cotton production in the United States. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dcte.udel.edu/hlp/resources/slavery/slaves_us.pdf">Slave population</a> [<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://eh.net/encyclopedia/cotton-gin/">https://eh.net/encyclopedia/cotton-gin/</a>
 Cotton production] (500 pound bales) The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 enabled large scale cotton production.
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