Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin Made Slavery Bigger, Not Smaller
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Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin Made Slavery Bigger, Not Smaller

Eli Whitney's labor-saving invention was supposed to make slavery obsolete—instead, it made four million people more valuable than ever.

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19th CenturyIndustrial RevolutionSlaveryAmerican SouthCotton EconomyEli WhitneyPlantation SystemEconomic HistoryCivil War CausesInvention ConsequencesUnintended ConsequencesNorth America

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