<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3c03801/">African Americans slaves using the First cotton-gin, 1790-1800</a>, drawn by William L. Sheppard. Illustration in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/harpersweeklyv13bonn#page/813/mode/2up">Harper's weekly, 1869 Dec. 18, p. 813</a>. Harpers Weekly's illustration depicting event of some 70 years earlier.<br>The illustration is of a Roller Cotton Gin and not an illustration of a Whitney Spike Gin or Holmes Saw Gin.<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html">The Library of Congress</a>, Card 91784966, Call Number : Illus. in AP2.H32 Case Y [P&amp;P], Reproduction number :  LC-USZ62-103801 (b&amp;w film copy neg.), Medium:  1 print : wood engraving. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1869 Dec. 18.
William L. Sheppard
1869-12-18
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