Slavery in the Factory- Part 5 Child labor is a topic that demands some consideration.  Children have always been part of the work force due to economic considerations of their families. In England and Scotland in the late 1700’s, 2/3 of the workers in 143 water-powered cotton mills were children.   Without their meager addition to…

Slavery in the Factory – Part 4 In Part 3, I told the story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in NYC.  The building where more than 146 people died in 1911 is now a biology lab at New York University. From the 1880’s to the 1920’s textile manufacturing sweatshops were fueled by immigrants from…

Slavery in the Factory – Part 4 In Part 3, I told the story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in NYC.  The building where more than 146 people died in 1911 is now a biology lab at New York University. From the 1880’s to the 1920’s textile manufacturing sweatshops were fueled by immigrants from…

Slavery in the Factory – The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Just after the turn of the 20th C industrialization had taken over most of the larger cities.  Thousands of immigrants (some were trained, many were not) flocked to the cities seeking work.  David Von Drehle (Triangle) writes that “nearly 100 or more Americans died on…