The cotton gin increased the demand for slave labor. Slaves worked hard picking cotton by hand in the fields. The cotton gin was a machine that greatly increased the speed of removing cotton seeds, which then led plantations to grow more cotton and require more slaves to harvest the increased crops.

1. Alex Suhr Mr. Kellner Social studeis

2. Cotton Gin

3. Slaves worked very hard in the field.

4. Cotton gin increased the need for slave labor