Eli Whitney

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Eli Whitney's cotton gin revolutionized the southern economy. Within only a few years, cotton replaced indigo and tobacco as the region's major cash crop. This 1940 postage stamp commemorates Whitney and his invention.

Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Eli Whitney Stamp

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