Eli Whitney And Slavery

At the beginning of the 18th century tobacco was the main cash crop for southerners, however by the end of this century tobacco prices were beginning to decline, resulting in more debts for the south. The invention of Cotton Gin will not only help the south recover from the losses of tobacco and switch to another successful cash crop, but also set the south on the path of the industrialized mass production. On a boat to South Carolina Eli Whitney met the widow of Nathaniel Greene a famous general in the American Revolution and was invited to come to her house. While residing there he learned about the problems associated with the production of cotton.

In History class we are doing an essay over something of our choosing. I chose technology and how it affected people. On how it affected people in the mid 1800’s, the region, and the country. Did it have any implications towards the upcoming war. I am going to write about the Cotton Gin.

Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin resulted in cotton becoming America's leading crop. Within 60 years America's production of cotton quadrupled making cotton the primary export in the United States. The growth of the cotton production due to the invention of the cotton gin resulted in the need for more textile mills in the Northern United States.

The industrial revolution was in the late 1800s and early 1900s it is what made america. What i will be displaying you in the cotton gin. The cotton gin was an invention to make it easier to take the seeds out of cotton. The inventor of this mechanism was Eli Whitney. This was one of the key inventions of the industrial revolution and shaped the economy of the South.

Following the War of 1812, America entered a period known as the Antebellum Era, meaning "before the Civil War," which lasted from 1815 to 1861. This period was characterized by the Market Revolution, which saw the birth of American capitalism and caused major social and economic change. From the year 1815 to 1850, slavery remained an established institution, economic change in the North East led to industrialization which in turn caused other economic and social changes, and a shift in America's social climate caused the growth of the abolitionist movement. One change that transformed American society was industrialization. Prior to the War of 1812, American society was mostly comprised of yeoman farmers who subsisted through trade and barter,

Slavery was a national establishment when the American Revolution came around. The number slaves were minor, but there were least a few in every colony. Even before the ratification of the Constitution, Northern States were on the start of abolishing slavery outright or passing laws that provided gradual emancipation. The Northern Ordinance was passed in 1787, barring slavery from territories that were recently established during that period, so slavery was immediately eradicated, existing only in the South. Slavery was heavily embedded in almost every aspect of life of the American South during the 1800’s.

In 1793, a life changing machine was invented by a genius inventor by the name Eli Whitney. Eli wanted to build something that would pick the seeds out of cotton by itself because he noticed that the slaves near his homeland were having troubles picking the seeds out of the cotton. This determination lead to the invention of the cotton gin (a simple machine that quickly and efficiently removed seeds from cotton fiber). This invention was fairly very simple. You would start off by putting the cotton balls into the top part of the machine.

1892: The Boll Weevil entered America traveling from Texas Atlantic Coast, destroying cotton plantations in the south, The boll weevil, is a beetle that consumes buds and young bolls of cotton plants. In 1892, it came to Texas from Mexico

Edmund Cartwright was the British inventor who was born on April 24 th , 1743 in Nottingham, England. He invented the Power Loom which caused the series of dramatic changes in the textile industry. The power loom was a great leap from a slow and long process of hand weaving thread to automatic weaving.

In this paper I will address the following topics: The Industrial Revolution and Slavery and Abolition in America. I hope that by the end of this paper the reader will understand and know; why slavery was created, who created slavery, what ended slavery, and what started the Industrial Revolution. After, reading this paper I hope that you will able to gain knowledge and understanding about these topics. Slavery Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 to work in the tobacco crops.

How did plantation crops and the slavery system change between 1800 and 1860? Why did these changes occur? The crops grown on plantations and the slavery system changed a lot between 1800 and1860. In the early 1800s, plantation owners grew a variety of crops and that included tobacco, hemp, wheat and vegetables in the South.

As the antebellum Americans made several advancements in technological innovations, this helped the North overcome the South agriculturally. With the new inventions such as the cotton gin, the reaper, the steel tipped plow, and new ways to revive unfertile soil, the North had many advantages to aid them while they were gone to war. As these new inventions were created each had an impact on how and why the differences between the North and South came to be. Although the creation of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney improved the South’s economy it also made the South more dependent on slaves.

During this time period there was many writers writing both for and against the South. A major person in history, Thomas Jefferson, would write against the North and for the South. That is only one of many example from back then, but at this time some of the greatest critics of the South were from the South. Some people believe the South has such a long memory on the civil war because they lost, and even though some people in the current South want many of their peers to just forget about that time in history, many will not give it up.

In the mid-nineteenth-century, the economic power switched in the South from the “upper South” to the “lower South,” which was expanding agriculturally. This switch resulted in the growth of a cotton-based economy. Economically, the change from cultivating tobacco and rice to cotton helped immensely. The high demand for cotton led to tremendous profits in the South and this drew the population to move to the prospering agricultural lands. The increase in cotton farming made African American slaves a necessity to the white males.

The Invention of the cotton gin greatly affected the growth of the south in the 1800s. It did so in many ways including effecting the souths economy, and causing the south to have a much higher demand for slaves. Eli Whitney’s invention revolutionized the cotton industry and caused it to grow and prosper. Because of this the south became a huge producer in the cotton industry causing the economy to skyrocket. One reason why Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin boosted the souths economy was the fact that it made cotton production much faster.