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mostly young single women from the new england countryside..
Luddites did they were unemployed cottage workers that rioted against new textile machines in the early 19th century
It first begun as children then unmarried women
in an early time. 1990
They were textile workers in England early in the Industrial Revolution who worked in a pre-industrial manner and broke industrial textile machinery because thought it destroyed their ability to "make a living."
Francis Cabot Lowell brought the advances in English power looms to America in 1814. Although he was unable to buy the designs while visiting England, he was able to memorize them and bring them back that way. His looms continued to improve and textile making in the US was off and running.
Textile Industry
They were called mills. Your welcome
By the early 20th century, most of the US textile industries had moved to the south. North Carolina alone had 177 mills in 1900. Previous to this, most of the textile industries were located in the northeast.
Cotton.
The industrial revolution brought about factories , textile mills and other types of manufacturing. Working conditions in the early days of the industrial revolution were unhealthy, dangerous and workers were paid low wages. Labor unions were formed to create a safe and better paid situation for the workers.
In the early 1800s, power looms revolutionized the textile industry by increasing production speed and efficiency. This innovation created new job opportunities for workers, especially in urban areas where factories were established to house these machines. The demand for skilled labor to operate and maintain power looms grew significantly during this period.