Compagnie des mines d'Anzin
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Compagnie des mines d'Anzin
Employment opportunities in the city enticed countrymen to find livelihoods away from their homes, where punishing hours in factories weakened their bodies, battered their souls, and tore at the once-harmonious fabric of family life.
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In other cases, the company’s motivations were less ideal. The remoteness and lack of transportation prevented workers from leaving for other jobs or to buy from other, independent merchants. In some cases, companies paid employees with a scrip that was only good at company stores. Without external competition, housing costs and groceries in compan... See more
Company Towns: 1880s to 1935
In 1872, Bolivia and Brazil had attempted to build a railroad through the jungle, but so many workers died from disease and from Indian attacks that the project became known as the Railroad of the Dead. It was said that one man died per tie.