Good primary sources include the writings of mill operatives, mill and boardinghouse rules and regulations, slave narratives, plantation plot plans, and planters' journals. The Story of a Cotton ...

Greenville County was once known as the textile capital of the world. That industry no longer serves as the lifeblood of the ...

This activity is an excerpt from our curriculum packet, "Cotton, Cloth, and Conflict: The Meaning of Slavery in a Northern ... from the point of view of a female textile mill operative. Role-play a ...

Between the machines’ rhythmic roar and the scent of oil, the factory evokes the turn of ... there were hundreds of wool and ...

Changes began in the 1850s. As the railroad expanded in the South, production of cotton, wheat, and tobacco increased. Entrepreneurs needed capital and a steady supply of workers for the southern mill ...