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Samuel Slater

Samuel Slater. AND THE FACTORY SYSTEM. SAMUEL SLATER. Born in Derbyshire, England 1768 Father of the American Factory System Apprenticed at a cotton mill Emigrated to US looking for opportunity Covertly shared British textile secrets with the Americans

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Samuel Slater

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  1. Samuel Slater AND THE FACTORY SYSTEM

  2. SAMUEL SLATER • Born in Derbyshire, England 1768 • Father of the American Factory System • Apprenticed at a cotton mill • Emigrated to US looking for opportunity • Covertly shared British textile secrets with the Americans • Built America’s first water-powered cotton spinning mill

  3. EVENTS • 1789: Slater emigrates to United States • 1789: Shares British information with US textile factories • 1790: Builds first water-powered cotton spinning mill, which spun cotton into thread, in Rhode Island • 1791: Mill now run by a waterwheel • 1803: Slatersville, Rhode Island • 1835: Death of Samuel Slater

  4. EVENTS • Mills provided jobs for workers • Homes for their families • Propelled cotton production speed with his machinery • Set the standard for future factory accomplishment

  5. PERSPECTIVES • British believed Slater to be a spy • Gave away textile and machinery secrets to the US • US lauds Slater for his contributions • Benefitted greatly on account of achievements

  6. BIAS • Nationalistic bias was present • Britain deemed Slater a traitor • US named him “father of the modern machine” • No racism, classism, nor sexism was evident in Slater’s inventions.

  7. BENEFITS • The United States reaped immense benefits from Slater • Credited with first water powered cotton mill • US became more advanced than Britain for a time • Slater received praise for his inventions • “Father of the American Factory System”

  8. DOMESTIC EVENTS • Improved American lives • The success of the Slater mill inspired the building of over 50 mills in the US especially with the Embargo of 1807 • Helped launch the American textile industry and factory system • Increased accessibility of cotton • Created jobs for the American people

  9. INTERNATIONAL EVENTS • Samuel Slater betrays British by sharing textile secrets • Ruined any kind of amicable relationshipAmerica had with Britain

  10. CITATIONS "Who Made America? : Samuel Slater." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2014. "Samuel Slater." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 Mar. 2014. Web. 05 Mar. 2014.

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