GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Contents. In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.

Detailed explanation-2: -cotton gin, machine for cleaning cotton of its seeds, invented in the United States by Eli Whitney in 1793.

Detailed explanation-3: -Before the Cotton Gin was invented, people (mainly slaves) had to pick the seeds oout of the cotton by hand. This was a long, tiring, excruciating process that damaged many slaves hands. The South was beginning to let the slaves stop working until the cotton gin came and made the process easier.