On October 30, 1837, Nicholas Farwell, a train engineer toiling for the Boston and Worcester Rail Road Corporation fell off a train while at work and had his hand crushed by the train. Farwell sued the company for damages. The 1842 decision by the Massachusetts...
1830s
On this date in 1831, Nat Turner, a slave in Southhampton County, Virginia, led the largest slave revolt in the history of the United States, killing 60 white people before.
On July 3, 1835, children employed in Paterson, New Jersey's textile mills went on strike, demanding an 11 hour day and 6 day week. The textile factory system that had.