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1909年时，在南卡罗来那州的「斯巴达棉织厂」 (The
Sparta Cotton Mill) ：当时的技术和史雷特在1709年发明纺织机器时，已经有了很大的改变
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美国的第一家棉织厂在1790年12月20日开始运作
美国的第一架电动织布机建于1813年。这个机器能够把棉线或纱线纺成织布。当地农人的女儿们通常会在工厂里担任旋转与纺织的工作。后来，外来的移民成为棉织厂的「人手」。到了1920年代，南方各州接管了新英格兰地区的纺织工业。南方的纺织厂因为离原料产地比较近，也让急需工作的南方劳工有工作可作。在乔治亚与卡罗来那州、处处可见到全家人都在纺织厂里工作。
The first American power loom was constructed in 1813. This machine weaves thread or yarn into sheets of fabric. Daughters of local farmers often did the spinning and weaving in the mills. In later years, immigrants became mill "hands." By the 1920s, the South took over textile production from New England. Mills in the South were closer to raw material and offered jobs to Southern laborers desperate for work. Entire families labored together in the textile mills of Georgia and the Carolinas.
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