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-The south grew more cotton to increase profits and became more dependent on slave labor.

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Voting became equal in 1810

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slaves lived in small houses with nasty floors.

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The cotton gin led the south to become more dependent upon slave labor

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Strict class system in SC = based on slavery.

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The elite had lots of money, a good social position, and a stand in politics.

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 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin and South Carolina farmers had a new cash crop. 

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The lives of slaves and the the political rights of South Carolinian's were impacted by the cotton gin.

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cotton could be planted in the Upcountry and soon the upcountry farmers increased their ownership of slaves.

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South Carolina allowed the right to vote if you were a white man over 21. Did not have to own land.

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There was a very strict class system based on slavery.

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After the invention of the cotton gin, the yield of raw cotton doubled each decade after 1800.

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-the economic, social, and political systems in South Carolina were based on the institution of slavery.

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Increased the number of slaves

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slaves often worked from sunrise to sunset

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Although slave importation (international slave trade) was outlawed in 1808, the slave population continued to grow in antebellum South Carolina because of cotton.

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The slave populations within plantations grew and it finally surpassed the white people population, do to this the fear in the government and in the people grew. They were afraid that the slaves would revolt.

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Cotton farmers sold cotton to factories and mills in the North and in England, this caused both the mills owners and the farmers to gain wealth because of slave labor.

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It affected politics

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Agriculture was the basis of society South Carolina

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The voter can vote without land or property.

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When the cotton gin was introduced it impacted the lives of the whites and the slaves.

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since slave owners had a large financial investment in slaves they were concerned about their property and therefore some treated their slaves very well, but some also treated their slaves brutal.

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Since cotton could be planted in the upcountry, the upcountry required more slaves and as a result of that the upcountry became more agreeable about slavery.

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Slave families were often broken up.

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Owning slaves was  a sign of wealth and power

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Owning slaves was  a sign of wealth and power

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By 1860, SC had more slaves than any other state

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The treatment of slaves depended upon the owner.
Slaves were not taught to read and write.

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The south grew more cotton to increase profits and became more dependent on slave lab