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The Alamance Cotton Mill: In Antebellum North Carolina, page 4.7; In 1837, Edwin Holt founded the Alamance Cotton Mill, which began the industrial development of Alamance County. The mill produced the first colored fabrics in the South, including the popular "Alamance Plaid."; Format: article

Alamance Cotton Mill: Alamance Cotton Mill, as it appeared in 1837 shortly after construction. The mill was built by Edwin M. Holt, a pioneer of the Southern textile industry.; Format: image/photograph

Alice Caudle talks about mill work: In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 7.5; WPA Federal Writers Project interview with a North Carolia woman about her life and work in textile mills in the early twentieth century. Includes historical background and commentary.; Format: interview/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

America needs your scrap rubber: U.S. Government poster from World War II illustrating the military need for rubber.; Format: image/poster

Antebellum North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war.; Format: book (multiple pages)

The Bonsack machine and labor unrest: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.7; When the Duke tobacco company adopted the Bonsack machine for rolling cigarettes, workers who had rolled cigarettes by hand were thrown out of work, and their replacements made less money.; Format: article

The Carolina Coal Company mine explosion: In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 7.6; An explosion in a mine near Coal Glen, North Carolina, in 1925, killed fifty-three miners and led to the passage of the state Worker's Compensation Act.; Format: article

Child labor: In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 7.1; In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 7.7; Slideshow Lewis Hine, photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, documented child labor across...; Format: article

Child labor laws in North Carolina: In The Great Depression and World War II, page 2.2; Excerpt of North Carolina's 1933 law regulating child labor. Includes historical background.; Format: legislation/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

The closing of a factory: In Recent North Carolina, page 3.2; In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 5.8; Excerpts from two oral history interviews about the closing of the White Furniture Factory in Mebane, North Carolina, in the 1990s. Includes historical background.; Format: interview/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Colonial North Carolina: Colonial North Carolina from the establishment of the Carolina in 1663 to the eve of the American Revolution in 1763. Compares the original vision for the colony with the way it actually developed. Covers the people who settled North Carolina; the growth of institutions, trade, and slavery; the impact of colonization on American Indians; and significant events such as Culpeper's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, and the French and Indian Wars.; Format: book (multiple pages)

The Committees of Safety: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 2.9; Excerpts from the minutes of the Committees of Safety set up in North Carolina towns and counties, 1775, for the purpose of enforcing the trade boycott against Britain. Includes historical commentary.; Format: document/primary source

Congress considers an inquiry into textile strikes: In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 8.6; Newspaper article about a congressional debate about southern textile strikes, 1929. Includes historical background and commentary.; Format: newspaper/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Cover of Opportunity magazine, February 1926: Cover of Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life, February 1926: Industrial Issue. Shows two black silhouetted workers at a blacksmith's forge surrounded by fire and lightning.; Format: image/magazine

The Dukes of Durham: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.7; After the Civil War, Orange County farmer Washington Duke put everything he had into growing tobacco. From farming he quickly expanded into manufacturing, and by the end of the nineteenth century, his son controlled the largest tobacco industry in the world.; Format: article

Ending child labor in North Carolina: In The Great Depression and World War II, page 2.1; The movement to ban child labor began in the early 1900s and slowly turned the tide of public opinion. As mill work changed in the 1920s, mills employed fewer children. North Carolina finally regulated child labor in 1933.; Format: article

The Fair Labor Standards Act: In The Great Depression and World War II, page 2.4; The Fair Labor Standards Act, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1938, revolutionized the federal government's oversight of industry. Although it directly impacted only about a quarter of American workers, in affected industries, it banned oppressive child labor, limited the workweek to 44 hours, and established a minimum wage of 25 cents an hour.; Format: article

From the North Carolina Gold-Mine Company: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 6.3; An 1806 report on North Carolina's gold mining region, including notes on geology and a description of the early work of mining. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

The Gastonia strike: In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 8.1; A strike at Loray Cotton Mill in Gastonia, North Carolina, in 1929, led to the killing of the police chief and made national news.; Format: article

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