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January 25, 1936
Peninsula Enterprise
Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia
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Cyrus Hall McCormick, a Virginia farmer's son, invented the reaper, transforming global agriculture and aiding Northern states in the Civil War by outbalancing Southern slave labor.
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Virginia Oddities
By T. Beverly Campbell
AGRICULTURE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
WAS REVOLUTIONIZED BY A COUNTRY BOY
FROM VIRGINIA
Cyrus Hall McCormick, the son
of a western Virginia farmer, revolutionized agriculture throughout the
world by his invention of the reaper,
which is said to have made America
the granary of the Old World. It is
one of the ironies of history that Mc-
Cormick, a native of a Slave State,
should give the Free States of the
West an industrial weapon which in
the war of '61 outbalanced the Negro
labor of the South.
By T. Beverly Campbell
AGRICULTURE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
WAS REVOLUTIONIZED BY A COUNTRY BOY
FROM VIRGINIA
Cyrus Hall McCormick, the son
of a western Virginia farmer, revolutionized agriculture throughout the
world by his invention of the reaper,
which is said to have made America
the granary of the Old World. It is
one of the ironies of history that Mc-
Cormick, a native of a Slave State,
should give the Free States of the
West an industrial weapon which in
the war of '61 outbalanced the Negro
labor of the South.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Cyrus Hall Mccormick
Reaper Invention
Agriculture Revolution
Civil War Irony
What entities or persons were involved?
Cyrus Hall Mccormick
Where did it happen?
Western Virginia
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Cyrus Hall Mccormick
Location
Western Virginia
Story Details
Cyrus Hall McCormick, son of a western Virginia farmer, invented the reaper, revolutionizing world agriculture and making America the granary of the Old World. Ironically, as a native of a Slave State, his invention gave Free States an advantage over Southern Negro labor in the war of 1861.