jan 1, 1793 - Cotton Gin 1793

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Eli whitney invented the cotton gin.
A person could clean one pound of cotton a day, where as, a cotton gin could clean 50 pounds a day.
Southern life changed in important ways:
increased cotton production.
Increased demand for slave labor.
sectional disputes between free and slave states increased as slavery spread.
cotton becomes king in the south!

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