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To: i-node who wrote (448959)1/20/2009 11:09:29 AM
From: HPilot  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576346
 
Slavery was already down, the Confederate Constitution itself outlawed importation of slaves. The cotton gin itself caused the price of slaves to drop, many who were no longer needed at the gin were freed, or became man servants. Cotton pickers would have freed many more later.