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Excerpt from Souvenir of the Twin Cities of North Carolina: Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, Descriptive and Historical
Shut in from the outside world, with only one road connecting them with the great centres of trade, the necessity of other outlets has presented itself, and been crystallized during the past few years in the two latter enterprises which have interested their citizens sufficiently to invest large amounts of capital. The R. 85 S. Being owned and controlled almost exclusively by stockholders of the two towns - presenting a showing of energy and substantial prosperity not excelled in the South.
The population of the twin-cities is estimated at fourteen thousand, at least five thousand being colored laborers in the to bacco factories of Winston, with between seven and eight hundred Operatives in the cotton and wool factories, grist mills, iron works, planing and saw mills, &c., of Salem. The white people who are thus employed are sober, industrious and moral in the strict sense of the word, both sexes finding work at remunerative rates. They occupy neat residences near their business, which are rented at reasonable prices. Their employers are' humane and considerate, and there is nothing of the oppression and suffering sometimes found amongst the working people of the North. There are also many white girls and women engaged in house service, and while they are efficient as help in kitchen and house, are respected by those who engage their services.
Both male and female colored hands are employed in the to bacco factories, women earning so much higher wages there, than in families as cooks and house-servants, that house-keepers find it difficult to procure steady help amongst this class of population.
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