mar 31, 1794 - Cotton Gin invented

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Katherine Green inherited a plantation after her husband died. The man that she will now marry is friends with Eli Whitney. What about removing seeds from cotton as quickly as possible? They made the Cotton Gin. Katherine funded every one of his inventions and she did everything for the cotton gin. Eli Whitney’s patent wasn’t approved until 1807. Because he talked about in public, people copied his idea. In 1807, there will be a shift towards using cotton. Cotton is a slave intensive crop. Cotton means many slaves had to work on it.