<span>an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.</span>
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While it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton. In fact, the opposite occurred. Cotton growing became so profitable for the planters that it greatly increased their demand for both land and slave labor
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C. people had to pay more for food than other items
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