E47: SLATER THE TRAITOR

HANDS AND DAYLIGHT

Peter Roberts

History, Business

5.0 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Slater made his fortune in the US, but it came at a cost. It is said he deceived his employer, abandoned his family and betrayed English manufacturing. At the time, the US was the world's biggest exporter of cotton, but did not have the technology to process it. Britain knew this and passed laws in 1774 banning textile workers from traveling to America. Going against the grain, Samuel Slater sneaked on a ship and became the father of America's Industrial Revolution.

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0:00.0	And so, my fellow Americans, ask not.
0:04.0	Taking back America starts here.
0:07.0	What your country can do for you.
0:10.0	Ask what you can do for your country.
0:13.0	I'm convinced.
0:14.0	The reclamation of America through many hands and daylight.
0:19.0	That's one small step for man. We as a nation must undergo
0:22.6	this is our origin.
0:25.6	A radical revolution of value.
0:28.6	Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
0:33.6	What's happening, B-little?
0:35.6	What's going on? Good evening.
0:38.4	It is an evening.
0:41.3	We haven't done one in a while. Saturday evening.
0:43.4	And the snow's coming down.
0:47.5	Snow flakes, the size of snowballs right now.
0:49.4	I would say it's the first heavy snow.
0:50.5	Yeah, it's sticking.
0:51.4	Yeah, it is. So for those of you who aren't in an environment where it snows,
0:57.3	when we say the snow's sticking, that means that it's not hitting the roadway and melting.
1:01.8	It's sticking to the road and sticking to everything else,
1:04.3	which means that the temperature of those things the snow hits is cold enough that it stays frozen and that's when we know winter is upon us
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