A History of the United States: Our Land, Our TimeCoronado Publishers, 1986 - United States |
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Our Land, Our Time Joseph Robert Conlin. Eli Whitney's cotton gin made cotton - raising profitable for upland Southern plantations . The gin rapidly and cleanly separated the sticky seeds from the cotton fibers . Although Whitney ...
Our Land, Our Time Joseph Robert Conlin. Eli Whitney's cotton gin made cotton - raising profitable for upland Southern plantations . The gin rapidly and cleanly separated the sticky seeds from the cotton fibers . Although Whitney ...
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... cotton a day . A larger machine attended by several slaves and turned by a horse could clean 50 pounds a day . Once steam - powered gins were introduced , the capacity for producing cotton was unlimited . A planter could produce as much ...
... cotton a day . A larger machine attended by several slaves and turned by a horse could clean 50 pounds a day . Once steam - powered gins were introduced , the capacity for producing cotton was unlimited . A planter could produce as much ...
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... COTTON GIN John C. Calhoun's dreams of an industrial South evaporated when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin . In the letter below , Whitney explains to his father how he first got the idea for the cotton gin and what he planned to do ...
... COTTON GIN John C. Calhoun's dreams of an industrial South evaporated when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin . In the letter below , Whitney explains to his father how he first got the idea for the cotton gin and what he planned to do ...
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One Land Many Peoples | 1 |
North American Cultures and Tribes 1500 A D | 22 |
Spanish Missions Forts and Settlements 1700s | 32 |
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