S4 E3: The Cotton Empire
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Slavery, in Time, Will Not Fade Away
Samuel slater brought the first water power cotton spinning mill to pentucket, rhode island in 17 90. The gin dramatically multiplied the amount of raw cotton that slave labor camps could prod. Cotton mills sprouted across new england including dozens in achuses alone. And so our northern helped perpetuate slavery and make it last until the civil war was over.
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