In pre-Civil War Tennessee and Alabama, slaves used wooden ginning machines to turn cotton into clothing, according to Tony Mullins of Louisiana, who collects the devices shown in the accompanying ...

OK, let's start with the easy question: Tell me who invented the cotton gin. Got it? Now, was he black or white? If you double clutched, don't feel bad. Twitter and other social media users staged ...

Although there was some hope immediately after the Revolution that the ideals of independence and equality would extend to the black American population, this hope died with the invention of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CARNEGIE, OKLAHOMA — One of Jeannie ...