How did the cotton gin get invented?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

Eli Whitney created it hoping it would reduce the labor provided by slaves needed to produce cotton cloth. (This plan backfired because the machine worked so well that people bought more cotton gins and more slaves to work the machines and produce cotton.)

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∙ 13y ago

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What invented the cotton gin?

Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin.

Who invented the cotton gin and when?

Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin in 1798.

Who was the man who invented cotton gin?

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793.

What is the machine that remove seed from cotton?

cotton gin

Who had the opportunity to invent the cotton Gin?

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.

Who was responsible for cotton gin?

Eli Whitney first invented the cotton gin.

Who invented the modern cotton gin and in what year?

The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney

When was cotton gin invented?

It was invented in 1793.

Who invented the cotton engine?

The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney.

US inventor of the cotton gin in 1793?

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.

Who invent the cotton gin machine?

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin machine.

Did Thomas Jefferson make the cotton gin?

No, the cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney.