Eli Whitney was an American inventor he is known for inventing the cotton gin. Eli Whitney was born December 8, 1765 he died January 8, 1825. Eli Whitney was born in Westbro Massachusettes and he died in New Haven, Conneticut. Eli Whitney was born on a farm but always had a knack for machines and technology.
The cotton gin is a machine that easily seperates cotton fibers from their seeds giving better productivity than you would get by manualy seperating the fibers and seeds. The fibers are made into clothes and other cotton goods. The seeds might be used to grow more cotton. The first mechanical cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. By 1860 cotton was a crop that brought in money (cash crop). The cotton gin was very important and very helpful. …show more content…
Cotton farmers used to force Africans to pick cotton seeds out by hand. By creating the cotton gin Eli Whitney helped make the work easier for the slaves. Before the cotton gin seeing as the cotton took so long to get ready it was extremely exspensive so nobody wanted to buy it. The cotton gin helped turn cotton into more of a cash
The cotton gin is a machine that easily seperates cotton fibers from their seeds giving better productivity than you would get by manualy seperating the fibers and seeds. The fibers are made into clothes and other cotton goods. The seeds might be used to grow more cotton. The first mechanical cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. By 1860 cotton was a crop that brought in money (cash crop). The cotton gin was very important and very helpful. …show more content…
Cotton farmers used to force Africans to pick cotton seeds out by hand. By creating the cotton gin Eli Whitney helped make the work easier for the slaves. Before the cotton gin seeing as the cotton took so long to get ready it was extremely exspensive so nobody wanted to buy it. The cotton gin helped turn cotton into more of a cash