4b-Cotton Gin (1793) (1 janv. 1793 – 1 janv. 1793)
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A machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793.
Impact of cotton gin on slavery: It increased the growth of slavery because now they were able to process more cotton, which lead to an increase in the amount of cotton farms, which lead to an increased need for slaves.
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