S3E3 - "Cotton Mill Fever"

01/06/2025 25 min Temporada 3
S3E3 - "Cotton Mill Fever"

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1808 - 1824 | With the Jefferson Embargo and the War of 1812 causing a significant decline in maritime trade, Rhode Island businessmen look to textile manufacturing as a new source of incomeMy Favorite Books on this Topic:Samuel Slater and the Origins of the American Textile Industry, 1790 - 1860 by Barbara M. TuckerThe Transformation of Rhode Island, 1790 - 1860 by Peter J. Coleman*Map image from Rhode Island Boundaries by John H Cady.To learn more about this episode go to The Story of Rhode Island website