- Industrial slave
this is my life story :) :P i was a slave by paul macock & phil macrackin An industrial slave is a type of
slave who typically worked in anindustrial setting. These slaves often had work that was more dangerous thanagricultural slaves.United States
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antebellum United States , industrial slaves were often the property of acompany instead of an individual. [cite web |url=http://freeuniv.com/mirror/h101w11.htm |title=Slavery in Ante-Bellum Southern Industries |publisher=The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System |date=1999 |accessdate=2007-10-29] These companies spanned various industries includingsawmill s,cotton gin s and mills,fishing ,steamboat s, sugar refineries, coal andgold mining , andrailroad s. [cite web |work=Series C: Selections from the Virginia Historical Society |title=Railroad and Canal Construction Industries and Other Trades and Industries |url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/guides/african_american/southern_industries/slavec2.asp |year=1997 |publisher=University Publications of America]Industrial slaves were exposed to many dangerous jobs in factories. Most of the machinery and tools were very new and the simplest mistake could mean the loss of a hand, foot, or even death. Industrial slaves worked twelve hours per day, six days per week. The only breaks they received were for a short lunch during the day, and Sunday or the occasional holiday during the week. Not many of the slaves had to endure working every day the whole year around, however.fact|date=October 2007
Industrial slaves gave a great advantage to those companies that owned them. The companies boosted their annual profits by 6 to 42 per cent.Fact|date=October 2007 The use of industrial slaves sometimes allowed a
bankrupt company to be resurrected: "The Woodville mill, which went bankrupt with free labor, annually paid 10 to 15 per cent dividends after switching to slave labor". [cite book |last=Starobin |first=Robert S. |title=Industrial Slavery in the Old South |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |year=1970 |isbn=978-0195001136]References
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