THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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Created a way to quickly remove seeds from the cotton fiber, resulting in the slaves having more time to work in the fields.
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Picked cotton from the plants, ending the need for slaves to pick the cotton
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Allowed farmers to plant cotton seeds in a more efficient way
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Removed all dust and insects from the cotton fiber so it was softer
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Detailed explanation-1: -The gin improved the separation of the seeds and fibers but the cotton still needed to be picked by hand. The demand for cotton roughly doubled each decade following Whitney’s invention. So cotton became a very profitable crop that also demanded a growing slave-labor force to harvest it.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -While it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for enslaved labor to grow and pick the cotton. In fact, the opposite occurred. Cotton growing became so profitable for enslavers that it greatly increased their demand for both land and enslaved labor.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thanks largely to the cotton gin, growing cotton became so profitable that plantation owners constantly needed more land and labor of enslaved people to meet the increasing demand for the fiber.