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From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: a study of the industrial transition in North Carolina

Thompson's thesis looks at life prior to the Civil War when slavery and farms or plantations were the way of life and compares it to after the Civil War. The paper looks at the rise of mills, particularly cotton, and the effects on farms as many moved to mill towns where adults and children found jobs. Also looks at the change in living standards and accepted abodes for homes, the impact of mills on everyday life, employee and employer relationships, African Americans in the work force with whites, children in the workforce, and even comapares wages and cost of items with those in the North.

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