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Technological And Economic Innovations During The Antebellum Era

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A number of technological and economic innovations were created during the antebellum era which was around the 1700s. During this era many innovations were created to build up the economic faster and more efficient. The first major innovation develop was the cotton gin. The cotton gin, is a machine that was designed to separate the cotton from the seeds, it made harvesting much easier for the slaves to produce a larger quantity of cotton. Once the cotton gin hit the market industry it expanded throughout the south, making labor not as difficult as it was before Eli Whitney, the inventor, created the cotton gin. The Steamboat was another innovation invented by Robert Fulton, the steamboat was created for easily and faster shipping cheap cotton,
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