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Who the frick is Henry Clay Frick?

He's our subject for today's bonus mini series episode, History's Horrible Bosses.

Henry Frick and Andrew Carnegie were biz besties turned frenemies who were at the forefront of one of the most deadly labor strikes in history, the Homestead Steel Mill Strike of 1892.

We'll answer questions like what is a robber baron? How was philanthropy like the expensive handbags of today? And who in this story was in the coke business?

It's all in today's episode of History's Horrible Bosses!

Sources mentioned:

The Dollop, episode 346

History's Horrible Bosses- Henry Ford

Learn more about The History of Work documentary

Sources not mentioned:

Homestead Mill Strike

Historical Figures podcast, Andrew Carnegie