Who Is Samuel Slater The Father Of The American Factory System

In England he was known as ‘Slater the Traitor’ for what he did. But in America, Samuel Slater was known as The ‘Father of the american factory system’. Everything you have daily is able to be mass produced because of what Samuel Slater has brought to america. Samuel Slater was born in Derbyshire, England, June 9th 1768. During Samuel Slater’s youth life he showed great skills as a mechanic and in school he excelled in arithmetic. Samuel even started an apprenticeship at the age of 14 with Jedediah Strutt and Richard Arkwright. Samuel Slater learned how to operate and the machinery in the mill while he was working with Strutt, he also learned to fix most of the machinery considering the fact that it broke frequently do to it being in it’s early state of development.

He said “Come and have the credit a well as the opportunity”. So he packed his things and went for the harbor not telling anyone of his plans to leave, not even his family. By the way back then it was illegal for factory workers to leave the country and share their knowledge of the factory system with any other countries. So when he reached the england port he told authorities that he was a farm laborer. Slater build his very first american water-powered cotton spinning mill in Pawtucket, Rhode island with the help of Moses Brown, a quaker merchant. It was finished 1790 and was powered by workers on treadmills. But one year later in 1791 it was converted to a water wheel powered factory. Without Drawings or blueprints or