Why was the Cotton Gin invented? Because a war was fought over whether slavery was legal or not —the answer was no.
The altered cost structure made it rational to automatize cotton picking.
Hmmm...I wonder why we don’t have more innovation in farming labor? I WONDER...
Exactly.
A grower would recoup his investment in mechanized harvesting in a season or two.
AND the tax payers wouldn't be on the hook for all the handouts illegals line up for.
So long as farmers can pass a lot of their expenses off on the tax payer, the investment in technology isn't so attractive.
“Because a war was fought over whether slavery was legal or not —the answer was no.”
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In what country was that war fought? If you say America you are very ignorant.
Whitney patented the cotton gin in 1794, 67 years before the Southern rebellion.
>>Why was the Cotton Gin invented? Because a war was fought over whether slavery was legal or not —the answer was no.
The cotton gin was invented long before the Civil War and it actually made slavery more economically viable by automating the separation process. You still had to pick the cotton by hand and that was the slaves’ job.
Eli Whitney got his first patent on his invention-the cotton gin in 1794. To which war were you referring?
Also, no cotton gin ever made has ever picked a single strand of cotton. A “gin” only removes the seeds inside the cotton bolls.