The development of the cotton gin impacted slavery by:
A) presenting slaves with the opportunity to become cotton traders.
B) reducing the dependency on slavery because of automation.
C) making slave trade less profitable to white people.
D) leading to the abolishment of slavery in South America.
E) reinforcing farmers' dependency on slave labor.
E
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