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No, a slave did not invent the cotton gin. The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. While the invention greatly increased the efficiency of cotton processing and had significant implications for the Southern economy and slavery, Whitney was a free white man, and his invention did not originate from the experiences or innovations of enslaved individuals.

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