ch 13 By klkroll May 5, 1791 cotton production increased Period: May 5, 1791 to May 5, 1865 time line May 5, 1793 cotton gin May 5, 1803 first steam-powered sawmill May 5, 1822 Slave uprisings May 5, 1831 most violent slave revolte May 5, 1831 Turner wrote about suffering May 5, 1840 the US was producing half of the cotton in the world May 5, 1840 14 cotton mills May 5, 1848 Anderson owned TIW May 5, 1849 A young Georgia man wrote about pride May 5, 1855 more than 50 cotton mills May 5, 1860 US prodused a billion pounds of cotton May 5, 1860 250000 free african americans lived in the south May 5, 1865 Lucy Breckinridge was married by arrangemnet