The revolutionary invention of a speedier deseeding process created many reactions, including a rise in slave labor, an anti-slavery movement and eventually the abolition of slavery; leading to the new, reformed systems of sharecropping and tenant farming.

A diagram showing the parts of the cotton gin and how it works.

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By: Melissa L, Maddy W, and Bethany R.