Answer: While it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for enslaved labor to grow and pick the cotton. In fact, the opposite occurred. Cotton growing became so profitable for enslavers that it greatly increased their demand for both land and enslaved labor.
The cotton grin reduced the amount of time slaves used to reseed the cotton. This caused them to get more demands for cotton and made the situation for the enslaved harder.
