After his death, Eli Whitney was described as "one of the most distinguished men who our country as produced." ...

The gin — short for engine — had tiny hooks that would pull cotton fibers or lint through a mesh. The seeds couldn’t make it through. By changing the machine from one that removes seeds to ...

The gin solved the problem inherent in marketing ... his invention was faster and more efficient than "any other Cotton Ginn or Machine heretofore known or used for that purpose." ...

Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin, which easily separated cotton fiber from its seeds, was merely a motor for a global economic machine. Slavery was its fuel. Many stakeholders ...

relates to a machine designed to be attached to or connected with the flue of a cotton gin for the purpose of cleansing the cotton, or separating the dirt from it and condensing it, so as to ...

"They were complaining about how long it took, and he thought, 'I can make a machine, a gin, to fix this.'" In 1794, the cotton gin was officially created, which made harvesting cotton easier and ...