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On this bonus episode of History’s Horrible Bosses we are exploring Samuel Slater, who was known as the “Founder of the American Industrial Revolution.” 

But how did he get there and what business practices was he engaging in that led to the first factory strike in 1824 and also the FIRST strike of any kind led by women? Listen and find out.

Sources:

Fight Like Hell by Kim Kelly

PBS.org

New England Historical Society

Working Class History