8Th Grade Crap

8Th Grade Crap

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Southern Times
This newspaper is written by Josephine K. Hernandez

Cotton Boom from Cotton Gin

The cotton gin was created by Eli Whitney in 1793. His invention “enabled one worker, usually a slave, to clean cotton as fast as 50 people working by hand.” This was vary good for the farmers who owned the cotton farms. The cotton gin was vary useful. It took out the seeds from the cotton fibers a lot faster than the workers could.

There are 4 different working parts. First the “cotton bolls are dumped into the hopper.” The second part is “a hand crank turns a cylinder with wire teeth. The teeth pull the cotton past a grate.” The third part is “slots in the grate allow the cotton but not its seeds to pass through.” Finally “a second cylinder with brushes pulls the cotton off the toothed cylinder and sends it out of the gin.”

Struggling to make a profit and mired in legal battles, the partners finally agreed to license gins at a reasonable price. In 1802, South Carolina agreed to purchase Eli Whitney's patent right for $50,000 but delayed in paying it. The partners also arranged to sell the patent rights to North Carolina and Tennessee. By the time even the Georgia courts recognized the wrongs done to Eli, only one year of his patent remained. In 1808 and again in 1812 he humbly petitioned Congress for a renewal of his patent.


Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Nat killed his master's entire family. Then he went around, killing other whites. In the process, he gained the assistance of fifty to sixty slaves who helped kill at least 55 white people.
The rebellion ended when the militia began pursuing Turner and the other laves. During the pursuit, some slaves were captured and about 15 were hanged. Turner escaped and hid out for about six weeks until he was captured. He was imprisoned, and was sentenced to execution. While in prison, he dictated his confession to Thomas R. Gray. On November 11, 1831, he was hanged and...