Chinese workers

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This file appears in: Sampson Shoe Factory
Chinese workers

Chinese workers in their aprons outside the Sampson shoe factory

This file appears in: Sampson Shoe Factory

By Brennan Eckman
North Adams, while nowadays a hub of arts and culture in New England, has a much longer past as a factory town. One of the larger factories, a shoe factory run by Calvin T. Sampson, was the site of one of the most significant historical events in…