In this blog post we will learn about Samuel Slater. When Samuel was young his father apprenticed him to a cotton mill guy named Jedediah Strutt. (Doesn't sound like some one I would apprentice my son to...) The apprenticeship was part of a deal in which Samuel's father sold some land to Strutt so that Strutt could build a textile mill. Strutt was partnered with a man who invented a lot of machines that improved the textile mill industry. Working with machines for Strutt would prove to be a very valuable experience for Samuel Slater.
After his years of apprenticeship were done, Samuel Slater wanted to take his expertise in the cotton mill business to somewhere it was needed more. That place was America, however Samuel Slater wasn't allowed to go to America due to the fact that England wanted to keep it's cotton success in England. But, Slater disguised himself as a agricultural worker and made it to America. Once he was there, with the help of a Quaker named Moses Brown, he quickly became a very successful businessman.
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