feb 28, 1793 - Cotton Gin Created by Eli Wihtney

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Eli Whitney creates the cotton gin, this means that slaves can produce a LOT more cotton then they used to.

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“Harper’s Weekly”: black slaves working the first cotton gin. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1 Nov. 2017. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/181816. Accessed 18 Jan. 2018.

Cotton gin. Video. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1 Nov. 2017. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/215382. Accessed 19 Jan. 2018.

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