What was the main mode of getting cotton to cities from the farms?

By 1800 cotton was king. The Deep South in the United States supplied most of the world's cotton—in booming British factories, it was spun into fabric then sold around the empire. Farmers across the region were producing larger harvests than ever before thanks to the cotton gin, and more cotton required more labor.

mycah better run, its an android.

because they can and they wanted to.