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What was Eli Whitney's cotton gin?

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it was a machine that cleaned cotton 50 times more quickly than a person could. The cotton gin helped the booming British textile industry to overcome its last major hurdle on its journey toward full mechanization.

it was a machine that cleaned cotton 50 times more quickly than a person could. The cotton gin helped the booming British textile industry to overcome its last major hurdle on its journey toward full mechanization.

-Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1793 sped up the process of cotton production and created an even higher demand for slaves.

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