All posts tagged "textile mills"
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54.3K12Arts and LeisureThe Six Oldest Restaurants in New England
The six oldest restaurants in New England include taverns that served hungry travelers and a diner that fed mill workers after their...
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28.6K9Connecticut6 Stops on the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people who hid fugitives from slavery in their homes during the day and moved them...
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26.8K13Business and LaborHow the Polish Immigrants Came to New England
Before Polish immigrants arrived in New England they had already made it to the Jamestown colony in Virginia as craftsmen. Over the...
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16.3K6Business and LaborThe Brunswick Children Strike the Cabot Mill
In the summer of 1881, eight-year-old children working in a Brunswick, Maine, textile mill found out eight-year-old children working in a Lewiston,...
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12.0K7Business and LaborThe Bates Bedspread of Maine, America’s Favorite Counterpane
The Bates Bedspread, once found in nearly every household, has links to presidents, First Ladies, a famous midwife and countless women who...
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8.3K5MassachusettsElizabeth Buffum Chace, Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Elizabeth Buffum Chace belonged to old and distinguished Rhode Island families, but she was distrusted and shunned because of her ardent opposition...
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