Recognizable clothing labels, like Levis, and mass produced silk-screened tee-shirts contextualize the clothes in the present ...

At the same time, the textile industry in Great Britain was exploding, creating enormous international demand for cotton clothing ... a global economic machine. Slavery was its fuel.

In fact, slaves looked so similar to Roman citizens that the Senate once considered a plan to make them wear special clothing so that they could be identified at a glance. The idea was rejected ...

Artifacts housed in the Barbados Museum, such as branding irons and iron shackles, serve as stark reminders of this harrowing ...

S. geography and history from the earliest days of the American Industrial Revolution up to the Civil War, they relate convincingly and accurately what the journey from cotton plant to Northern ...