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, a prominent textile tycoon who founded America's first
textile mill,
Slater Mill (1790), and with his brother
John Slater founded
Slatersville, Rhode Island in
North Smithfield, Rhode Island in 1803, America's first planned mill village. The family includes various merchants, inventors, art patrons, and socialites.
John Fox Slater, was a prominent abolitionist who founded the
Slater Fund and built the historic
John F. Slater House and
Slater Library.
William A. Slater was a noted art collector and philanthropist who created the
Slater Memorial Museum in Connecticut.[1] After moving many of their mills to the South from New England, the village of
Slater-Marietta, South Carolina was named after the family.[2]
Family members
William Slater (1728–1782) & Elizabeth Slater, farmers in the UK