"The Cotton-Gin, a machine that processes cotton."—E. Benjamin Andrews, 1895

Cotton Gin

"The Cotton-Gin, a machine that processes cotton."—E. Benjamin Andrews, 1895

"Cotton Plant, which was regularly exported in small quantities from the South."—E. Benjamin Andrews, 1895

Cotton Plant

"Cotton Plant, which was regularly exported in small quantities from the South."—E. Benjamin Andrews,…

"Eli Whitney invented the cotton-gin in 1793."—E. Benjamin Andrews, 1895

Eli Whitney

"Eli Whitney invented the cotton-gin in 1793."—E. Benjamin Andrews, 1895