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Cotton picking soon stopped because of the invention of the cotton gin. So in the 1820's, this different system of farming made Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana into a kingdom full of cotton. There was now even more of a demand for slaves at this time because the increases in cotton production and slaves owned was the same for both. From the time of 1790 to 1810, the making of cotton went from 3,000 to 178,000 bales a year. During those number changing bales, slaves in the South are being increased and they keep on adding and adding.

__Citations:__ picture - A Terrible Storm Will Overwhelm Us: Secession Sentiment in Vicksburg, Mississippi. (2011, July 12). Retrieved September 4, 2015, from https://mississippiconfederates.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/a-terrible-storm-will-overwhelm-us-secession-sentiment-in-vicksburg-mississippi/

McDougal, Holt. Chapter 7. //The Americans//. N.p.: n.p., 2012. N. pag. Print.