A while back, our high school celebrated Black History Month by putting up posters highlighting people and events that were important in the history of African-Americans. I was struck by a poster that commemorated the invention of the cotton gin. I assume the poster was meant to praise a Read more…
On March 14, 1794 Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin. Eli Whitney was born on Dec. 8, 1765 in Massachusetts. As a youth he showed talent in the mechanical arts by building his own violin. He graduated from Yale in 1789 and hoped to become a teacher. Things did Read more…
Eli Whitney was born on Dec. 8, 1765 in Massachusetts. As a youth he showed talent in the mechanical arts by building his own violin. He graduated from Yale in 1789 and hope to become a teacher. Things did not work out and he ended up stranded in Georgia. Read more…