what effect did the cotton gin have on the demand for slave labor?

Question

1. It increased demand for slaves
2. it decreased demand for slaves
3. the demand for slaves stayed the same
4. the demand for slaves disappeared

Answer 1

1. It increased demand for slaves

As you can weave the cotton a lot faster with machines, thus you demand more cotton. And cotton of course was grown on big US Plantations owned by rich guys who did little work, and had a lot of slaves picking cotton.

Answer 2

I know the invention of the Cotton Gin (which removed the seeds quicker than the slaves could) actually made the slaves' job much easier. The Cotton Gin eliminated the slave's job of the laborious removal of the seeds from the cotton fiber.

I don't see how that would increase the demand for slaves?
Massachusetts outlawed slavery in 1755.
The USA outlawed the importation of any new slaves in 1844.
Once America became fully capitalist slavery was doomed.

Answer 3

it increased the demand, because cotton could be processed much quicker, greater quantities could be grown, causing a demand for more slaves to work larger plantations. Want a modern example? The computer was supposed to make us work less, what has it done? Created more jobs, and increased the demands on the workforce to produce more.