On June 20, 1793, Eli Whitney, who had graduated from Yale the previous year, wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, requesting a patent for his new invention, the cotton gin. The gin ...

The gin made cotton profitable which was a boon to the ... although he did make some and became famous for his labor-saving invention. He would go on to pioneer the use of interchangeable parts ...

However, one invention from a Westborough native stands apart from the rest and is argued by some historians to be one of the critical unintended causes of the American Civil War: the cotton gin.

Multiple students reported feeling humiliated after racist jokes followed a Virginia high school history lesson involving cotton, a local NAACP leader said. As part of a Dec. 5 discussion on the ...

Modern fertilizer, a blend of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash came into existence in the late 1880s. That’s today’s American Agriculture History Minute. I’m Mark Oppold. Thanks for reading. I’ll see ...

The Hutchinson News reports that the southern Kansas cotton gin formerly known as High Plains Cotton could see its second biggest ginning year. Its first was in 2007, when it ginned 24,000 bales.

“There were no references to race or slavery during this assignment. The focus was on inventions and how the cotton gin helped with productivity during this time in history.” The middle school ...

“There were no references to race or slavery during this assignment. The focus was on inventions and how the cotton gin helped with productivity during this time in history.” The middle school student ...