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Why was Eli Whitneys invention of the cotton gin an important development?

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Answer: Because in slavery black people had to pick the cotton by hand( not trying to be racist)

Step-by-step explanation:

The cotton gin made it where the machine had picked the cotton by itself instead of the slaves doing it by hand.