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that’s exactly right. and the effects on slavery are staggering. cotton production ramps up at around the same time that British textile manufacturing creates new demand, creating political pressure for territorial expansion in the southeast for new land to cultivate. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jbouie I believe that's because it was the cotton gin that made it economically viable to grow short-staple cotton… https://t.co/pBeHynZwcl

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@NashDelirium i mean, i think that’s right. the declining rate of profit from slavery was already a factor in the growth of a (gradual) emancipation movement in the states of the upper south. — PolitiTweet.org

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the (official) closing of the international trade on the american coast also inflates the value of enslaved people on the domestic market, creating a new class of very wealthy (and politically powerful) planters — PolitiTweet.org

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