Cotton textile industry in usa wikipedia biography

Samuel Slater (June 9, 1768 – April 21, 1835) was an early American industrialist popularly known as the "Founder of the American Industrial Revolution." More specifically, he founded the American cotton-textile industry.

Cotton textile industry in usa wikipedia biography

After completing his apprenticeship in his native Derbyshire under a former colleague of Richard Arkwight, inventor of the water-powered cotton mill, he migrated to the U.S. in 1789, despite the fact that Britain had banned its cotton engineers from emigrating.

However, once in the United States he was quickly hired by Moses Brown, was soon Brown's partner, then split from him to establish his own mill (known as the White Mill). With the help of his brother, John, who joined him on Rhode Island, he was responsible for constructing the first successful cotton mill on Rhode Island, which opened December 20, 1790.

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