Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On May 25, 1824, two centuries ago, several hundred young women at Slater Mill in Pawtucket marched into American history. They ...
In 1789, a 21-year-old man landed in New York. He was young, over six feet tall, and ready to take America by storm. Despite having grown up at a farm in the English Midlands, he knew something that ...
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Scott Molloy is a University of Rhode Island professor emeritus and founder of the R.I. Labor History Society. On May 25, 1824, two centuries ago, several hundred young women at Slater Mill in ...