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oct 28, 1793 - Eli Whitney Invents the cotton gin

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revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from the cotton. Before the invention slaves had to do the labor of picking the cotton.

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oct 28, 1793
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~ 232 years ago

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