eli whitney: cotton gin
Eli Whitney was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South.By April 1793, Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin, a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber.Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States. before his invention it took farmers many of hours to remove cottonseed from the raw cotton fibers.