forever. The machine was called the cotton gin. It was used for separating the cotton fibers from the seeds. It was such a big deal because it would blow through two bales of cotton per day and it did not break or snarl the fibers of cotton. The invention of the cotton gin led to the growth and development of the factory system in the United States. The factory system from there became part of the shaping of factory systems in the 21st century. The cotton gin made making clothes and fabrics a lot
The Cotton Gin The textile industry was revolutionized by a single, simple invention, the cotton gin. The cotton gin allowed the textile industry to flourish and suddenly cotton had become an extremely profitable crop. The amount of cotton able to be produced increased greatly. However the speed with which cotton was now being processed gave rise to the amount of workers needed to harvest the crop. These “workers” just so happened to be African American slaves. The cotton gin was invented in 1793
Afro-American Culture: From Slave Music to Jazz and Blues American music today is a wide range of genres. Most of the genres has its root in the music the slaves brought with them in the beginning of the seventeenth century. Genres like Jazz, blues, Gospel and Hip-Hop, which is well-known all over the world today, is mainly influenced by the African-American culture and music. Especially the work songs, or the “hollers”, that the slaves sung while working on the fields and the negro spirituals, which