History of the United States I / Unit 9 USH1 1210 short lesson, about 20 seconds
What Farm Families Made
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The idea
Farm families made shoes, brooms, plaited hats, furniture, pottery, baskets and clock parts, the last particularly in Connecticut.
In practice
Textiles as the most common part-time occupation, with farm women spinning woollen thread and weaving fabric.
Where people slip
This was supplementary income earned at home, alongside farming, and not yet a separate working life.
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