Cotton Gin

The cotton gin removes the seeds from the cotton. This is a more difficult and slower process when done by hand, without the use of a cotton gin.

Seperated the seeds from the cotton.

The Southern plantation owners benefited from the cotton gin the most. It used to be a full day's work for a slave to pick one pound of lint from three pounds of cotton, but thanks to the cotton gin, the process sped up considerably. In fact, you could even say that the cotton gin gave people one more reason to support slavery, since the invention made slavery so much more financially beneficial.

The cotton gin was important to so many groups because cotton itself was important to so many groups: The South exported cotton to the North and to foreign nations, and the Northerners used it in their textile factories. The surplus of cotton helped spark the industrial revolution.

The creation of the cotton gin led to the increase of slaves not only did slaver increase but diligence of the workers had also significantly increased which created an economic boom in the south ...

Eli Whitney invented it iso that he could do work faster

The cotton gin was made in 1793.

Cotton Gin- 1794

Threshing Machine- 1834

Because There Would Be Fiber Seeds In The Cotton.

they just work

At the beginning of the 19th century, cotton plantations dominated the agriculture of the Deep South. The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney fostered a more efficient way to harvest cotton. The invention removed seeds from the cotton plants which previously was done inefficiently by hand by slaves on the cotton plantations. The seeding of the cotton was still done by hand, however. The cotton gin would help gather the cotton plants' seeds. The cotton was planted in deep seeding patches anywhere from three to six feet apart. Cotton seeds were planted in April and were ready for harvest as soon as June.

• Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin in the year 1793
• The Cotton Gin was used for separating cotton fibers from the cotton seed
• The Cotton Gin was invented in North Carolina
• More slaves were brought to America because manual labor was still required for planting and harvesting the cotton

after the cotton gin was invented there was no need for slavery because they machine did all of the work

-----Holy crap dude your dumb. (After the cotton gin was invented, slavery increased because there was a bigger demand for cotton.) Stop answering questions you don't know the answer to.

1793 <3

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http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/phillips.cottongin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_gin

http://www.essortment.com/history-cotton-gin-21220.html

http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/cotton_gin/pages/reading.html

http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/152.html

http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/cotton_gin.htm

http://wesclark.com/jw/gin.html

The Cotton Gin dramatically changed life in the south, by impacting the lives of every cotton plantation owner, and in turn the whole economy of the south. The Cotton Gin is a machine used to separate cotton seeds from the fibers. This increased production dramatically, and suddenly it became much easier to grow and prepare bales of cotton. The faster production of cotton meant that more cotton could be grown, and in turn cotton became less expensive. More people could afford to switch their clothing from flax to cotton. Before cotton was only for the rich. Unfortunately, there was a downside to the start of the Industrial Revolution. More cotton grown meant that more slaves were needed to grow and harvest the cotton. This made it so that nearly one-third of all southerners were slaves.

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793 on the Mulberry Grove plantation in Georgia.

Teh cost of Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin was $30. Back then 30 bucks was a lot of money so mostly the rich bought it.

The cotton gin-American history-online classes

Eli Whitney

First, the cotton balls were put into the top of the machine. Next, you turn the handle, which turns the cotton through the wire teeth that combs out the seeds. Then the cotton is pulled out of the wire teeth and out of the cotton gin.

Eli Whitney.

The Cotton Gin was a machine that quickly and easily separates the cottonseeds from cotton fiber. It helped farmers make more money and made cotton production so much easier.

It increased the growth of slavery because now they were able to process more cotton, which led to an increase in the amount of cotton farms, which lead to an increased need for slaves in cotton harvesting.

However, the result was not importation of slaves, which had nearly ceased by 1800. Instead, it resulted in the movement and concentration of slaves to new farming areas. As many as half a million slaves were uprooted and relocated, with considerable disruptions to many families.