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[dailysmilingnatsume]

[whencyclopedia]

The Impact of the British Industrial Revolution

The consequences of the British Industrial Revolution (1760-1840) were many, varied, and long-lasting. Working life in rural and urban settings was changed forever by the inventions of new machines, the spread of factories, and the decline of traditional occupations. Developments in transportation and communications meant life in the post-industrial world was more exciting and faster, with people more connected than ever before. Consumer goods became more affordable to more people, and there were more jobs for a booming population. The price to pay for progress was often a working life that was noisy, repetitive, and dangerous, while cities grew to become overcrowded, polluted, and crime-ridden.

The impact of the Industrial Revolution included:

Many new machines were invented that could do things much faster than previously or could perform entirely new tasks.

Steam power was cheaper, more reliable, and faster than more traditional power sources.

Large factories were established, creating jobs and a boom in cotton textile production, in particular.

Large engineering projects became possible like iron bridges and viaducts.

Traditional industries like hand weaving and businesses connected to stagecoaches went into terminal decline.

The cost of food and consumer goods was reduced as items were mass-produced and transportation costs decreased.

Better tools became available for manufacturers and farmers.

The coal, iron, and steel industries boomed to provide fuel and raw materials for machines to work.

The canal system was expanded but then declined.

Urbanisation accelerated as labour became concentrated around factories in towns and cities.

Cheap train travel became a possibility for all.

Demand for skilled labour, especially in textiles, decreased.

Demand for unskilled labour to operate machines and work on the railways increased.

The use of child and women labour increased.

Worker safety declined and was not reversed until the 1830s.

Trade unions were formed to protect workers' rights.

The success of mechanisation led to other countries experiencing their own industrial revolutions.

Coal Mining

Mining of tin and coal has a long history in Britain, but the arrival of the Industrial Revolution saw unprecedented activity underground to find the fuel to feed the steam-powered machines that came to dominate industry and transport. The steam-powered pump was invented to drain mines in 1712. This allowed deeper mining and so greatly increased coal production. The Watt steam engine, patented in 1769, allowed steam power to be harnessed for almost anything, and as the steam engines ran on coal, so the mining industry boomed as mechanisation swept across industries of all kinds. This phenomenon only increased with the spread of the railways from 1825 and the increase in steam-powered ships from the 1840s. Coal gas, meanwhile, was used for lighting homes and streets from 1812, and as a source of heat for private homes and cookers. Coke, that is burnt coal, was used as a fuel in the iron and steel industries, and so the demand for coal kept on growing as the Industrial Revolution rolled on.

There were four principal coal mining areas: South Wales, southern Scotland, Lancashire, and Northumberland. To get the coal to where it was needed, Britain's canal system was significantly expanded as transportation by canal was 50% cheaper than using roads. By 1830, "England and Wales had 3,876 miles in 1760" (Horn, 17). Britain produced annually just 2.5 to 3 million tons of coal in 1700, but by 1900, this figure had rocketed to 224 million tons.

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[3rdeyeblaque]

On April 6th in Hoodoo History: The New York City Slave Revolt of 1712 🔥✊🏾

23 enslaved Afrikans set fire to NYC one year after the slave trade markets officially opened by the East River on Wall Street.

• On the night of April 6th, 1712, 23 Afrikans armed themselves with swords, knives, guns - laced with prayer & faith - and fire against White Slavers in the streets of NYC. They set an outhouse ablaze at the home of Peter Van Tilborough on Maiden Lane, at what was then the northern edge of Manhattan. They then picked off any White Slavers nearby who tried to stop it, from the cover of darkness. 9 Slavers were killed and 6 others were injured by nights end.

• On the following morning, the Governor of NY ordered two militias to "drive the island" aka capture & kill the rebels. 6 Afrikans took their lives in protest. The rest were burned alive or "broken" at the wheel. This unprecedented event hitting the streets of NYC quickly spurred the NY State Assembly to pass an act that would permit Slavers to punish Afrikans to the extreme measures by "not extending to life or member", thus cementing a new precedent for their cruelty in the North. In addition, Slavers would now be required to pay $200 dollars in security fees to the State & annuity for any freed Afrikans. Despite these stringent laws, NYC would see more slave rebellions in the next two decades; the next being in 1741.

To be of Hoodoo is, and has always been, to fight back. Let this be a reminder, forever to be drilled into our psyches: We been fighting. We been sacrificing. We been spiriting. We been victorious.

Today, 83 Maiden Lane sits in the infamous Financial District of Manhattan & now serves as the headquarters of the AHRC (Association of Help for Retarded Children). But beneath the cloak of modern amenities & reconstructive efforts, the once-scorched Earth still remembers the night of April 6th. This is where we made our stand. This, & the streets along the northern edge of Manhattan, is a place of power.

It is important to remember the when & WHERE of this event (and those that followed) as many to this day falsely believe that the North was somehow the righteous exception to the Eurocentric cruelties of Maafa. The North was not the exception then & is not the exception now. May we:

• Meditate on the cost of true freedom that these Ancestors paid in blood so we wouldn't have to.

• Pour libations for them, especially those of us residing on or near the Financial District, as this is where our Ancestors were bought & sold from the docks on the East River to Wall Street.

• Remember our plight & presence in the Northern states that have lightened their reputation with the mask of progressive thinking.

[yourdailyqueer]

Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 5 May 1712 

RIP: 14 September 1775

Ethnicity: White - Polish

Occupation: Nobility

[theholidaycorner]

Featuring Royals of Spain and Royals of Savoy and Great Grandfather of Supermodel Monique Desiree Taitague.

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: September 21, 1978

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[famousborntoday]

Philosopher and writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva, Switzerland. He advocated for social justice, equality and the general will. His works, such as "The Social Contract" and "Emile," explored human nature and morality.

Link: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

[fashion-mantage]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage 1960s TOWN & COUNTRY Four Seasons purse.

[taeminrecuerdos]

17.12.2015

Fotos en el blog del staff oficial de SHINee Japón.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, 1659-1734) Flora, ca.1712-16 Blanton Museum of Art Flora was the goddess of flowers who had previously been a nymph by the name of Chloris, known for her sensuous beauty. Ovid’s "Fasti" (8 CE) describes how she was seduced by Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind and harbinger of spring, and became his wife. This work captures the moment just before their encounter. Unnoticed by Flora, Zephyrus approaches her from behind, pointing at his future wife and cautioning silence to another putto.

[kemetic-dreams]

Known Hoodoo spells date back to the era of slavery in the colonial history of the United States. A slave revolt broke out in 1712 in colonial New York, with enslaved Africans revolting and set fire to buildings in the downtown area. The leader of the revolt was a free African conjurer named Peter the Doctor who made a magical powder for the slaves to be rubbed on the body and clothes for their protection and empowerment.

The Africans that revolted were Akan people from Ghana. Historians suggests the powder made by Peter the Doctor probably included some cemetery dirt to conjure the ancestors to provide spiritual militaristic support from ancestral spirits as help during the slave revolt. The Bakongo people in Central Africa incorporate cemetery dirt into minkisi conjuring bags to activate it with ancestral spirits, and during the slave trade Bakongo people were brought to colonial New York. The New York slave revolt of 1712 and others in the United States, showed a blending of West and Central African spiritual practices among enslaved and free African people. Conjure bags, also called mojo bags, were used as a form of resistance against slavery.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣 𝔞 յճ𝔱𝔥-𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔶 𝔇𝔲𝔱𝔠𝔥 𝔄𝔫𝔞𝔟𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔰𝔱, 𝔄𝔫𝔫𝔢𝔨𝔢𝔫 ℌ𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔯𝔦𝔨𝔰, 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔤𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔖𝔭𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔥 ℑ𝔫𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔶, 𝔄𝔪𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔡𝔞𝔪, յՏԴյ. 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔶 𝔍𝔞𝔫 𝔏𝔲𝔶𝔨𝔢𝔫 (յճկգ - յԴյշ)

[bluenpinkcastle]

20240310: the History of LEGO Castle day 070. 1712 / 1732 Crossbow Cart (1994, 23 pieces, 12 different parts) The Crossbow Cart is a very small, black, hand pushed cart with brown wagon wheels, two dark gray mounted crossbows in the front, an ovoid shield with a green dragon with red wings on a yellow background with a red border in front of the minifigure, and a black spear and a dark gray sword mounted on each side of the cart. The one minifigure in this set has a black axe wielder helmet, a yellow minifigure head with black forehead tuft and mustache, a red torso with blue arms and a printed yellow dragon head on a red background with a printed black belt with yellow notches and circular hollow yellow belt buckle, and light gray legs with a black belt. Accessories include two black axe wielder helmets, a black archer helmet, a brown bow and quiver, a dark gray crossbow, a dark gray sword, and an ovoid shield with a green dragon with red wings on a yellow background with a red border. This is the first use of the spear in black and the shield was only found in twelve sets. The Crossbow Cart came in a polybag (1712) and a box version (1732). This is a very simple hand-pushed cart and it works very well within the Dragon Masters / Dragon Knights subtheme. Parts inventory for this set can be found on BrickLink or Rebrickable and a free download of the instructions is available on ToysPeriod.

[averinthine]

february 30 was 310 years ago... let that sink in

[lightdancer1]

Slavery was originally universal to all the 13 colonies, not just the Southern ones:

One of the major rebellions in the North's colonial era was the one in New York City, in 1712. At the time it was launched Wall Street was the main place of slave auctions in NYC and the institution had a major presence, as it would for decades after until 1799. This is a reality that tends to be hidden, and where noting its existence is one of those elements where the polemic called the 1619 Project *does* do a valuable service in noting how universal the institution actually was.

[dazzlerazz]

Lol my phone is so full that finally I had to start switching some apps over, but to do that the game had to update BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ROOM FOR UPDATES so I deleted both discord and tumblr lol my phone has never been so bare