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Slaves were used to plant, tend, pick, and process the cotton.

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What was the cause of slave labor increasing during the antebellum era?

The cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney. Since the demand for cotton throughout the world was enormous, the cotton gin was used by slaves to gather more cotton than they had been able to before. And due to the slaveowners' desire for profit, more slave labor was needed.


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Working on farms was the general duty of a Southern slave until the end of the US Civil War. Cotton however was the main cash crop for the South, so slave labor was used to till the soil and pick cotton.


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What did the Aztecs use of forced labor?

The Aztecs used forced labor to complete various projects such as the construction of infrastructure such as buildings, roads, and canals. They also used forced labor for agricultural purposes, such as working in the fields and maintaining the chinampa system. Additionally, forced labor was used for the production of goods and tribute collection.


Was slave labor used in Georgia?

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How did the colonists profit from the. slave. trade?

They used slave labor to produce cash crops.


How did Simon finch make his money To kill a mockingbird?

Simon finch had made his money threw a plantation that his family owned. So the answer to this qyestion is he made his monet threw the work and products of his plantation.


Did john brown boycott slave labor products?

There is no record of Brown participating in a formal boycott of slave labor products, although there is an incident of him personally protesting the use of certain sacks that were being used by wool manufacturers because they were produced in the South by the labor of enslaved people. As a biographer of the man, I would assume that Brown would personally refuse to patronize any business that flagrantly supported slavery or sold slave labor products. However, he was not a joiner, so if there were organized boycotts at the time, it is unlikely that one would find his name on any such movement roster. Lastly, I do not know enough about the options that consumers had in the mid-19th century in regard to vital products, and what they did if, for example, the only cotton they could purchase was produced by slave labor. Today we have alternatives and substitutes as consumers if we object to certain products. Did the Brown family have alternatives when it came to cotton, for instance; and if they didn't, does that mean they grudgingly used cotton that was produced by slave labor? I more than suspect that John Brown would have deeply resented any product of slave labor, but I do not know enough about antebellum life and culture to that extent to say what alternatives were taken at the time.


How did the English colonists profit from slave trade?

They used slave labor to produce cash crops.


How did the English colonist profit from slave trade?

They used slave labor to produce cash crops.