Eli WHiteny By: Hollie bostic & Aleena peck

Eli whitney born on December 8, 1765 westborough, Massachusetts He died on January 8, 1825 He died at age 60

COTTON gin The cotton gin is a mechanical device that removes seeds from cotton. Gin is short for engine. The invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the united states.

Cotton gin cont. Do to his invention, farming cotton required hundreds of man hours to separate the cottonseed from the raw cotton fibers.

Eli Whitney's cotton gin

Cotton gin Eli Whitney designed the cotton gin to try to put a end to slavery, but it actually increased slavery. It increased slavery because if they had more people to work the cotton gins they could make more money.

How much could the cotton gin clean? The cotton gin could clean up to 50 pounds a day, that’s more that half of what men could do in a month.

Eli Whitney and the cotton gin

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