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What if slavery was never introduced to America?
We would have picked our own cotton.
How is cotton picked?
Cotton is currently picked by machine. They used to have slaves pick the cotton in the south by hand. You seem to have forgotton the people (both white & black) that picked cotton after the slaves & before the cotton picking machines.
Who picked the cotton on the plantation?
Back in the way back days, slaves did. HMMM! I was not a slave & I picked cotton on a Mississippi plantation!
Why did slaves not take out the seeds in the cotton?
Your textbook should be discussing the Cotton Gin and Eli Whitney while discussing the progression of using raw cotton. The seeds were picked from the cotton until the gin and other tools were created to separate the seeds and cotton for them.
Who picks cotton this day?
Most cotton now is picked by machinery.
When do you plant cotton?
Cotton is picked in Autumn. There is a Nov 1 deadline to have all the cotton picked so it can be plowed under to prevent cotton weevils . If it rains while the cotton is being picked it yellows the bolls and the value of the cotton goes down. You use a cotton picker and a module builder to do this.
How did cotton bowl get its name?
Many NFL players' ancestors picked cotton, hence the Cotton Bowl
How long did Harriet Tubman pick cotton?
I think Harriet Tubman picked cotton.
How did slaves gather cotton?
They picked cotton by hand. Hand picking was the only option until the 1950's when cotton picking machine was developed. Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin on March 14 1794 to remove the seeds and pods from the picked cotton
What is the meaning of cotton lint?
Cotton lint is the fibre derived from seed cotton after the seed cotton has been ginned. Seed cotton is the ball of the cotton plant as picked from the field.
How is the cotton gin useful?
After the cotton is picked it is sent to a gin. The gin removes the seeds and the cotton is cleaned and bailed for shipment.
How do they get the cotton from the plants?
Cotton is picked from the shrubs where it grows. The cotton fibre is encased in a hard-shell boll which cracks open when the cotton fibre is fully formed.
