Amelia, a worker in mid 19th century Lowell, Massachusetts, claimed that factory workers were caught in a system of “wage
slavery.” How did she justify this claim?
Using what you know of factory work in mid 19th century, explain how such paid work might compare and contrast to slavery
as described by Frederick Douglass in his Narrative. (Remember to frame this discussion in the changing context/s of the
time period.)
Answer should be 2 paragraphs.
Source:
ushistory.org chapters
CH 25dhttp://www.ushistory.org/us/25d.asp
CH 22ahttp://www.ushistory.org/us/22a.asp
On Mill work, Mill workers, and Life in the Mills
Center for Lowell History, Mill Life in Lowell 1820-1880
http://library.uml.edu/clh/mo.htm
The Harbinger, “Female Workers of Lowell” (1836)
http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/lowell/docs/harbinger.html
Orestes A. Brownson, Slave Labor vs. Free Labor, Boston Quarterly Review, July
1840http://library.uml.edu/clh/All/lof04.htm
Charles Dickens, “General Appearance of Mill Workers,” from American Notes
1842http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/lowell/docs/dickens.html
“A Week in the Mill,” Lowell Offering (1845)
http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/lowell/docs/week.html
Josephine L. Baker, “A Second Peep at Factory Life” in Lowell Offering (1845)
http://www.albany.edu/history/history316/SecondPeepatFactoryLife.html
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