Biography of samuel slater

English-American industrialist

For the American lawyer and politician from New York, see Samuel S. to be confused with the Washington pioneer Samuel Slaughter.

Samuel Slater (June 9, – April 21, ) was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution", a phrase coined by Andrew Jackson, and the "Father of the American Factory System".

In the United Kingdom, he was called "Slater the Traitor"^[1] and "Sam the Slate" because he brought British textile technology to the United States, modifying it for American use. He memorized the textile factory machinery designs as an apprentice to a pioneer in the British industry before migrating to the U.S.

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Slater designed the first textile mill in the U.S. He later went into business for himself, developing a family business with his sons. He eventually owned 13 spinning mills and developed tenant farms and company towns around them.

One of these towns