Samuel Slater ("Father of the American Industrial Revolution") is known in the UK as "Slater the Traitor". He stole the textile machinery designs from UK as a

Samuel Slater ("Father of the American Industrial Revolution") is known in the UK as "Slater the Traitor". He stole the textile machinery designs from UK as an apprentice, then migrated to the US and build his own mills. British law banned exporting textile mill designs.