Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin, which easily separated cotton ... the second largest forced migration in America’s history. To feed “King Cotton,” more than a million African ...

If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as an example of how the industrial revolution took previously manual processes and ...

Multiple students reported feeling humiliated after racist jokes followed a Virginia high school history lesson involving ... on the invention of the cotton gin and enslavement, a Riverside ...

“The lesson was in a US History class and involved a discussion surrounding cotton, the invention of the cotton gin and enslavement. As part of the discussion, the teacher passed around a piece ...

On Dec. 5, during a college-level U.S. history class for juniors and seniors, the teacher initiated a discussion about cotton, the invention of the cotton gin and the enslavement of African Americans.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - An outdated Farm Bill, a devastating wildfire, and a cotton gin celebrating 100 years all topped ag ... Largest wildfire in Texas history In March, the largest wildfire in ...