How Did Samuel Slater Introduce The Factory System
The factory system was a system of manufacturing that originated in England. It focused on the use of machinery and division of labor in large buildings full of machines and workers. This replaced the domestic system that consisted of the use of simple machines and hand tools in small business and workshops. The system was introduced by Samuel Slater who immigrated from England to the United States. At the time it was illegal in England to export textile technology to other countries. Slater who was one of the few who had mastered the manufacturing process, memorized the blueprints to a textile machine and then immigrated to the United States to introduce the factory system. Slater partnered with Moses Brown an industrialist in Rhode Island