Rise of the cotton industry (jan 1, 1793 – jan 1, 2021)
Description:
- Effect on American slavery, the growth of the cotton industry of frequently cited as one of the causes of the American Civil War- Cotton became the primary export in the US
- The demand for American cotton became insatiable
- In 1793 came the young schoolteacher, named Eli Whitney with a solution to the problem = The cotton gin, a simple mechanized device that efficiently removed the seeds, could be hand–powered.
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Date:
jan 1, 1793
jan 1, 2021
~ 228 years