Whitney's gin revolutionised the cotton industry in the United States, but also led to the growth of slavery in the American South, and has been identified as a contributing factor to the outbreak of the American Civil War.
Whitney's gin revolutionised the cotton industry in the United States, but also led to the growth of slavery in the American South as the need for cotton workers rapidly grew. The invention has thus has been identified as a contributing factor to the outbreak of the American Civil War.