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The Growth of the Cotton Industry
![A cotton gin on display at the Eli Whitney Museum](../../../../../../../../../figures.boundless-cdn.com/4546/full/c8-915e-44ee-ac70-bb2cfacabdc8.jpeg)
A cotton gin on display at the Eli Whitney Museum
The invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the textile industry in the early nineteenth century and transformed the economy of the South.
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