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Cotton Gin

Published on Nov 30, 2015

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COTTON GIN

ELI WHITNEY, 1793! MADE BY: ALYSSA POST
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COST: $60

Photo by Leo Reynolds
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WHAT DID IT MAKE EASIER

  • Separate the seeds from Cotton
  • No more Hand seperation
  • Easier to clean
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IMPORTANCE

  • Now able to produce more cotton
  • Cotton became number one cash crop
  • Sparked the massive south cotton industry
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FUN FACTS

  • Carried the work of a hundred men
  • Most of cotton was shipped to England
  • First sold Gin Services, not the machine

Alyssa Post