what can be inferred about the states that show an increase of enslaved workers and have low cotton shares?

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Those states used slave labor to grow different crops.
Those states used slave labor to grow different crops.

Those states used additional slave labor in their factories.
Those states used additional slave labor in their factories.

Those states had only just begun to grow cotton and had to increase their workforce.
Those states had only just begun to grow cotton and had to increase their workforce.

Those states were new and data was not available prior to their entry into the Union.

Answer 1

The most accurate inference would be:

Those states used slave labor to grow different crops.

This suggests that the increase in enslaved workers is not necessarily tied to cotton production, but rather to other agricultural activities or crops that could have required slave labor.