Thread: less immigrant workers = this. i saw it coming :o
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by MellowGold
The cotton gin was invented during slavery by a slave (Eli Whitney) and did nothing to decrease slave ownership nor did it make their life easier.
Thats what I was thinking. It was invented in the 18th century and it made the cotton industry immensely profitable, therefore increasing the demand for slaves.
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