Lakwete, Angela Inventing the Cotton Gin: Machine and Myth in Antebellum America.(Book Review) From: History: Review of New Books | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: Butts, Don | COPYRIGHT 2004 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Lakwete, Angela Inventing the Cotton Gin: Machine and Myth in Antebellum America Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 240 pp., $45.00, ISBN 0-8018-7394-0 Publication Date: November 2003

One of the most strongly held popular beliefs about American history is that prior to Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1794, slavery was a dying institution because there was no effective way to remove cotton seeds from cotton fiber. Then Whitney's machine resolved the is...

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