Eli Whitney Invented The Cotton Gin
It was 1793, when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly separates cotton fibers from their seeds. This allows for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.
Eli Whitney was born on December 8, 1765 in Westborough, Massachusetts. He died on January 8, 1825. When he was a child, he loved working in his father’s workshop. He’d take things apart, then put them back together again. (For example, a clock.) He worked on a Georgian Plantation when he was a young man. Eli helped and tutored children. He once noticed that slaves were having trouble removing the seeds from cotton fibers. With his free time, he invented an instrument that allowed slaves to separate the seeds from the cotton more efficiently.
Eli Whitney was born on December 8, 1765 in Westborough, Massachusetts. He died on January 8, 1825. When he was a child, he loved working in his father’s workshop. He’d take things apart, then put them back together again. (For example, a clock.) He worked on a Georgian Plantation when he was a young man. Eli helped and tutored children. He once noticed that slaves were having trouble removing the seeds from cotton fibers. With his free time, he invented an instrument that allowed slaves to separate the seeds from the cotton more efficiently.