Saw gin for cleaning cotton being operated by barefoot black labourer. Southern States of USA. Eagle gin, improved form of Whitney gin. Wood engraving

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Saw gin for cleaning cotton being operated by barefoot black labourer. Southern States of USA. Eagle gin, improved form of Whitney gin. Wood engraving, 1865.

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