He stole it from some slaves. He even got sued by the slave owner but he had improved it with gears so it was different enough to be his patent.
Lol. This is a joke, right?
No, he was touring plantations to see how to improve the whole system and saw some slaves using a rudimentary version, he improved it and patented it, and was sued by the plantation owner.
You believe niggers invented the cotton gin and some dumb redneck stole their idea?
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