Featuring Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

Slater Mill is the first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill in America. Where did the cotton come from? Slave labor was essential to many of Rhode Island’s businesses, and much of its early industry. During this talk, we’ll learn more about cotton cultivation and the system of plantation slavery with staff from Kingsley Plantation, part of Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve in Florida. Together, we’ll look at the global system of enslaved labor and capitalism from the vantage points of two very different historical sites.