1 gen 1794 anni - - Eli Whitney was born in Westboro,
Massachusetts in 1765
- In 1794, Eli perfected
his cotton gin machine
and secured a patent for it.
- Eli's cotton gin helped those
who worked with cotton
during the Industrial Revolution to easily
separate cotton seeds from
cotton fibre, greatly reducing
the time it takes to clean cotton
and thus helping people make
more money
- Although fixing cotton cultivation,
Whitney has been credited to have
institutionalised slavery
with this invention