Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, the cotton gin is a machine that quickly separates cotton fibers from their seeds enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.
Imagine you're at a party where you have to separate M&Ms from Skittles. Doing it by hand would be slow and tedious. But then comes along Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin - your super-efficient friend who can swiftly sort out M&Ms from Skittles allowing you to enjoy your favorite candy faster!
Plantation System: A system of large-scale agriculture characterized by concentration on a single crop where labor often came through slaves or indentured servants.
Slavery: A system under which people are treated as property to be bought, sold, owned; they can be forced to work without being paid.
Southern Economy (Antebellum): Refers to an economic situation in the South before the Civil War, which was heavily dependent on agriculture and slave labor.
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