Events / Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation
Mill Talk: Why Were There No Black Machine Operatives in 19th Century New England Textile Mills?
Saturday, December 12, 2026 at 7 PM to 8 PM
- Where
- Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation
154 Moody St, Waltham, MA 02453 (Waltham) - Price
- free
- Repeats
- Mill Talks
- Tags
- talkfree
Historian Jacqueline Jones examines the exclusion of Black workers from New England textile mills and the racial division of labor in the industrializing North. Registration required.
Details and tickets at Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation
Source
- Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation, page text, machine-read. Checked Oct 7, 2026 6:38 AM; first seen Sep 16, 2026 6:39 AM.
History
| When | Field | Was | Now | By |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 6:36 AM | description_short | Historian Jacqueline Jones discusses the exclusion of Black workers from machine-operative jobs in 19th-century New England textile mills. Registration is required. | Historian Jacqueline Jones examines why 19th-century New England textile mills excluded Black workers from machine-operative jobs and the role of potential white allies. | pipeline |
| Sep 21, 2026 6:34 AM | description_short | Historian Jacqueline Jones examines why 19th-century New England textile mills excluded Black workers from machine-operative jobs and the role of potential white allies. | Historian Jacqueline Jones examines the absence of Black machine operatives from 19th-century New England textile mills. | pipeline |
| Sep 24, 2026 6:36 AM | description_short | Historian Jacqueline Jones examines the absence of Black machine operatives from 19th-century New England textile mills. | Historian Jacqueline Jones examines the exclusion of Black workers from machine-operating jobs in 19th-century New England textile mills. Registration is required. | pipeline |
| Sep 27, 2026 6:35 AM | description_short | Historian Jacqueline Jones examines the exclusion of Black workers from machine-operating jobs in 19th-century New England textile mills. Registration is required. | Historian Jacqueline Jones examines why 19th-century New England textile mills excluded Black workers from machine-operating jobs. Registration is required. | pipeline |
| Oct 1, 2026 6:44 AM | description_short | Historian Jacqueline Jones examines why 19th-century New England textile mills excluded Black workers from machine-operating jobs. Registration is required. | Historian Jacqueline Jones examines the absence of Black machine operatives in 19th-century New England textile mills. Registration required. | pipeline |
| Oct 3, 2026 6:44 AM | description_short | Historian Jacqueline Jones examines the absence of Black machine operatives in 19th-century New England textile mills. Registration required. | Historian Jacqueline Jones examines the exclusion of Black workers from New England textile mills and the racial division of labor in the industrializing North. Registration required. | pipeline |
| Oct 7, 2026 6:38 AM | recurring_pattern | Mill Talks | pipeline |