Slavery Division,

Expansion & The Cotton

Boom
By: Mya, Alaina and Max
Anatomy of the Cotton Gin
A hand
Insert
crank
cotton
that
here
turns the
rollers

a roller with
A roller with
brushes
wire teeth pulls
removes the
the cotton
clean cotton
through and
from the first
removes the
roller
seeds
 Slavery Expansion
during 1790-1860 cotton production
was booming so more slaves were
needed to work on the plantation.
A male fieldhand (slave) costs
around $300

 Slavery Division
White Southerners were divided
between those who kept slaves and
those who didnt.
Most white farm owners did not have
slaves
But most white Southern farmers
supported slavery
 Cotton Boom
The cotton gin was invented by Eli
Whitney in 1793
The gin helps shorten the length that
it takes to clean cotton
One worker using the gin can clean
up to 50 pounds a day
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END
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PRODUCTION