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The Cotton Gin was first patented in 1794 as a way to separate cotton from the seeds. It was created by Eli Whitney who lived from 1765 to 1825. After graduating from Harvard he was given the problem of “how do I make cotton seeds easier to extract. The cotton gin was a huge invention due to how easy the gin made this process. Before the creation of the cotton gin, cotton took a long time to produce and was not that profitable. But by the mid-19th century cotton had become Americas leading export. How does the cotton gin even operate if it has changed its creator's life and the cotton economy so much. The cotton gin worked by only using around three different parts. Although more complex cotton gins were made each one had the same concept.

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