Picking Cotton Book

I don't get it. If the cotton gin made it easier to pick cotton, why would they need more slaves to pick the cotton too, now that theyhad the cotton gin?
I'm here reading my history book and i have a headache already trying to comprehend this. =[
Can someone explain?

Before the invention of the cotton gin, it took a long time to separate the seeds from the fiber of cotton. With the gin, it became much easier. This lead to more cotton being planted, and required more slaves to work the cotton fields. The demand for cotton products grew and cotton fabric became more widespread. Cotton is grown in hot climates, and American citizens were not willing to work the fields, and the immigrants to America worked more in the mills. So there actually was a labor shortage in the US. To meet the needs of Southern planters, more slaves were imported. And the price of slaves went down, making them more affordable.

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Okay so i read this book like a year or two ago, and i really liked it. i kinda want to read it again, or find the book at least... I forget what the title is, and i only remember parts of it. Here's what i remember - there was this girl that like, lived in the slums or something.... and she works at a shrimp factory. Then one day she saw like a man in a box.... and she checked on him every day. They used to live in a nice house then they had to move. They had a job at a cotton picking place for a little, too.... PLEASE HELP ME!!! i really want to find this book.
It WAS during the Great Depression, but i dont think it was the "of mice and men" one....

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2009-01-01 16:09:39 by brunette96babe

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Baseball is a central theme in the novel, providing Luke with heroes, dreams, and a diversion from the exhaustion of picking cotton. When the Arkansans challenge the Mexicans to a baseball game, however, Luke sees a darker side to competition. In what way does this scene foreshadow the conclusion of the novel?

this article is all i can find to help you

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2009-07-16 14:51:02 by Sasuke

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2006-10-31 16:41:50 by helllo1234

im writeing a book on slvery and i was wondering if cotton plants have thorns ive picked a plant before and i cant quite rember


plz help FAST need by tonight

no, but the hulls are sharp when they open.

2008-12-18 21:01:40 by Iceflower