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David Macaulay: Mill Times

Travel back to late 18th century Lowell, MA, now infamous for its textile mills and its "Lowell Girls," the poor, barely-educated waifs who helped turn those mills into sweatshops.

Top Cast

  • David Macaulay

    David Macaulay

    Host

  • Derek Jacobi

    Derek Jacobi

    Priam Huntington (voice)

  • Richard Bebb

    Richard Bebb

    Josiah Gresham (voice)

  • Brook Butterworth

    Brook Butterworth

    Elizabeth Gresham (voice)

  • Richard Clifford

    Richard Clifford

    Marcus Johnson (voice)

  • Sheri Ginsberg

    Sheri Ginsberg

    Sara Methuen (voice)

  • Doreen Keogh

    Doreen Keogh

    Mary Meuthuen (voice)

  • Dan Russell

    Dan Russell

    Raymond (voice)

  • John Sessions

    John Sessions

    Shadrack Moore (voice)

Overview

Travel back to late 18th century Lowell, MA, now infamous for its textile mills and its "Lowell Girls," the poor, barely-educated waifs who helped turn those mills into sweatshops.

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