Samuel Slater
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Samuel Slater
"Father of the American Industrial Revolution"
By Sienna Ware
Samuel Slater was an Early English-American industrialist who started the American Industrial Revolution because he brought British textile technology to America.
Textile Industry:
- Slater became involved in the textile industry at age 14 while he still lived in England. He worked for the cotton mill for 8 years.
- Believing that the textile industry in England reached its peak, he disguised himself as a farmer and secretly emigrated to the United States.
Positive Impacts:
- Now, people can easily produce multiples of cotton yarn.
Negative Impacts:
Environmental Impacts:
- The invention causes more air pollution.
- More people are getting hurt while working.
Facts About Slater
Before The Industrial Revolution
Slater's Mills in the U.S.A
- Slater was born in Belper, Derpyshire, England
- After he reached the United States, Slater proceeded to build a factory of his own from memory and the Industrial Revolution had arrived in the United States.
- Slater set up the first cotton mill in Rhode Island and soon set up more mills in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
What came to Samuel Slater:
- Slater is now known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution".