Cotton Gin

Eli went to Yale College

Jan 1, 1789

Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin

Dec 8, 1792

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin

Whitney and Miller patented the gin

Jan 1, 1794

increase in slavery

Jan 1, 1800

Eli Whitney died

Jan 8, 1825

more than a million bales of cotton being produced

Jan 1, 1840

America's leading export

Jan 1, 1900

Cotton