. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903 . labor required, and did the work better than it could be doneby hand. To say that it increased cotton production wouldbut poorly express the truth, because, for all purposes ofcommerce, the invention of the cotton gin began the cottonindustry. The gin reduced the amount of labor needed forthe separation of the cotton from the seed, but in the enor-mous increase of cotton planting, it created a larger demandthan ever for slave labor. The farmers realized to what usethe slaves could be put, and the slave traffic assu
. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903 . labor required, and did the work better than it could be doneby hand. To say that it increased cotton production wouldbut poorly express the truth, because, for all purposes ofcommerce, the invention of the cotton gin began the cottonindustry. The gin reduced the amount of labor needed forthe separation of the cotton from the seed, but in the enor-mous increase of cotton planting, it created a larger demandthan ever for slave labor. The farmers realized to what usethe slaves could be put, and the slave traffic assumed largeproportions. It was evident that there would be a steadymarket for cotton, and as slaves could do the farm work bet-ter than any other kind of work, cotton gradually super-seded all other industries until it was not only the leadingone, but the only one of any consequence. The shops whichhad been productive of trading were closed to the public, andwere utilized only for what was needed on the i) plantations generally produced a little of everything, but. oo m Q< <y mo HHO u
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