By the late 1700s a number of crude ginning machines had been developed, however, to produce a bale of cotton required over 600 hours of human labor, making large scale production uneconomical in the United States, even with the use of humans as slave labor.
A number of crude ginning machines had been developed to produce a bale of cotton. This was by the late 1700s. This was however. This cotton was required over 600 hours of human labor. A bale of cotton was making large scale production uneconomical in the United States. This was even with the use of humans as slave labor.