Hello there! The cotton gin would be your answer :)
During the pre-civil war era, cotton was extremely hard for slaves to do by hand, and slowed down production of cotton. This machine, created by Eli Whitney and helped speed the process of collecting cotton which dramatically increased the profit of Southern plantations.
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Here's a picture showing how the cotton gin works (found on slideshare.net)
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1) workers incomes went down
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For the north states were against slavery, and known as 'Free states'
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