Which invention caused slavery to grow in importance in Georgia in the early 1800s?
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Responses
Spinning Jenny
Spinning Jenny
Cotton Gin
Cotton Gin
Steamboat
Steamboat
Telephone
The invention that caused slavery to grow in importance in Georgia in the early 1800s was the:
Cotton Gin
The cotton gin, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, revolutionized the processing of cotton by greatly speeding up the removal of seeds from cotton fiber. This made cotton production much more efficient and profitable, leading to a significant increase in the demand for slave labor to plant, tend, and pick the cotton, especially in the Southern United States, including Georgia.