Samuel Slater was an early English

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-American

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 industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution

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", (a phrase coined by Andrew Jackson

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) or the "Father of the American Factory System" because he brought British textile technology to America. He learned textile machinery as an apprentice to a pioneer in the British industry. He brought the knowledge to America where he designed the first textile mills, went into business for himself and grew wealthy.