The Slater family is an American philanthropic, political, and manufacturing family from England, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut whose members include the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution,"

Samuel Slater Samuel Slater (June 9, 1768 – April 21, 1835) was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" (a phrase coined by Andrew Jackson) and the "Father of the American Factory System". In the ...

, a prominent textile tycoon who founded America's first

textile mill Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...

Slater Mill The Slater Mill is a historic water-powered textile mill complex on the banks of the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, modeled after cotton spinning mills first established in England. It is the first water-powered cotton spinning mil ...

(1790), and with his brother John Slater founded

Slatersville, Rhode Island Slatersville is a village on the Branch River in the town of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States. It includes the Slatersville Historic District, a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic dist ...

North Smithfield North Smithfield is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, settled as a farming community in 1666 and incorporated into its present form in 1871. North Smithfield includes the historic villages of Forestdale, Primrose, Waterfo ...

, Rhode Island in 1803, America's first planned mill village. The family includes various merchants, inventors, art patrons, and socialites.

John Fox Slater John Fox Slater (March 4, 1815 – May 7, 1884) was an American philanthropist who supported and funded the education of freedmen after the Civil War. Early life and career Slater, the son of John Slater (Samuel Slater's brother and partner), w ...

, was a prominent abolitionist who founded the

Slater Fund The John F. Slater Fund for the Education of Freedmen was a financial endowment established in 1882 by John Fox Slater for education of African Americans in the Southern United States. It ceased independent operation in 1937, by which time it had di ...

and built the historic John F. Slater House and Slater Library.

William A. Slater William Albert Slater (1857–1919), was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist from Connecticut who was a member of the prominent Slater family. Early life and career William Slater, the son of John Fox Slater and grandson ...

was a noted art collector and philanthropist who created the

Slater Memorial Museum The J. F. Slater Memorial Museum, also known as Slater Memorial Museum, is a historic building and art museum on the grounds of the Norwich Free Academy in Norwich, Connecticut, built in 1885 and dedicated in 1886. It is designed in Richardsonia ...

in Connecticut."The Slaters Go Round the World" https://connecticuthistory.org/the-slaters-go-round-the-world/ After moving many of their mills to the South from New England, the village of

Slater-Marietta, South Carolina Slater-Marietta is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greenville County, South Carolina, Greenville County, South Carolina, United States, along the Saluda River, North Saluda River. At the 2000 census, there were 2228 people. At the 2010 census, t ...

was named after the family.

Family members

William Slater (1728–1782) & Elizabeth Slater, farmers in the UK *

(1768–1835), (founder of

) married Hannah Slater (Wilkinson) (1774–1812) (first woman to receive a patent in the U.S.) **John Slater (1805–1837), first representative of the town of Webster, Massachusetts in the Massachusetts General Courthttp://john.ourjourneys.org/slater/legacy.html **George Slater (1804–1843), one of the first selectman of Webster, Massachusetts **Horatio Nelson Slater (1808–1888), owner of mills in Webster, Massachusetts ***Horatio Nelson Slater, Jr (1835–1899) Mill owner in Webster ****Horatio Nelson Slater III (1892–1968) founder

, where he moved mill operations from Massachusetts * John Slater (1776–1843), co-founder of

(1815–1885), abolitionist, philanthropist to African American causes ***

(1857–1919), art patron, donor of the

Norwich Free Academy The Norwich Free Academy (NFA), founded in 1854 and in operation since 1856, is a coeducational independent school for students between the 9th and 12th grade. Located in Norwich, Connecticut, the Academy serves as the primary high school for Norw ...

****William A. Slater, Jr., businessman ****Eleanor Halsley Malone (Slater), New York and Washington DC socialite *****Adrian Halsey Malone (1915–2006), architect, designed

Buffalo Bill Center of the West The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, formerly known as the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, is a complex of five museums and a research library featuring art and artifacts of the American West located in Cody, Wyoming. The five museums include the ...

in Cody and the Bradford Brinton Museum *William Slater Samuel_Slater_industrialist.jpg,

, "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" John Fox Slater Memorial Museum, 108 Crescent Street, Norwich (New London County, Connecticut).jpg,

in Connecticut Slatersville Common and Church.jpg,

Slatersville Slatersville is a village on the Branch River in the town of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States. It includes the Slatersville Historic District, a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic dist ...

Green in Rhode Island and the Congregational Church meeting house which the Slaters constructed and attended John Fox Slater.jpg,

, abolitionist John Slater.JPG, John and Ruth Slater

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