Working in railways, mines, and mills caused thousands of deaths in the early 20th century and before. Photos show the ...

Only the Greeks (48%) and the Poles (43%) rivaled the Portuguese. One of the most remarkable findings from the 1920 federal census concerns the gender composition of cotton mill workers. Unlike ...

The Convention of the United Textile Workers of America, which will meet in this city on Oct. 20, will devote a great deal of its time to the discussion of unionizing cotton-mill labor in the South.

Changes began in the 1850s. As the railroad expanded in the South, production of cotton, wheat, and tobacco increased. Entrepreneurs needed capital and a steady supply of workers for the southern mill ...

Boycotting slavery in confederate states during the American civil war cost the workers dearly — 60 per cent of Lancashire’s cotton mills shut down. In December 1862 they wrote to US president Abraham ...

Within a decade, cotton mills mushroomed across Mumbai, drawing thousands of workers from rural India. The situation took a drastic turn during the severe droughts of 1871-72 and 1876-77.

(WDAM) - New plans are in place for Laurel’s Cotton Mill Park that was closed nearly ... Magee said the hospital recently added dozens of workers, adding to the economic development of the ...

Jobs as spinners and doffers were seen as "children's work" in cotton mills. In 1900, children under 16 made up a quarter of the South's 100,000 textile workers. Child labor grew over the next few ...