Why and how did slavery expand during the first several decades following American independence?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
The ideal answer should include:
a. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States, adding both settled French territory and lands potentially open to plantation agriculture.
b. White encroachment on Native American lands opened more land in the South to production.
c. Technological innovations such as the cotton gin made agriculture labor more efficient.
d. The end of the international slave trade fueled an internal slave trade that became a significant part of the southern economy.
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