Cotton Gin
Linked to Cotton Gins
Linked to Cotton Gins
Image from National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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An original model of an Eli Whitney cotton gin (circa 1800) is on display in Washington, D.C., at the National Museum of American History.
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